Chapter 22

• He’d spent years moving through life without attachments, without getting too close to anyone, but Lucy had changed something in him, awakened a longing he didn’t know he had.
• But what if this was it? What if fate was telling him to let go, to move on? He knew he had a choice—he could cut his losses and forget her, or he could keep searching, even if it took longer than he’d ever planned. As he sat there, his heart heavy with the weight of unfulfilled desire, he knew one thing for certain: he wasn’t ready to give up. Not yet. Maybe not ever.
• Jason leaned back in his chair, staring up at the ceiling. The ache in his chest refused to go away, no matter how much he tried to make it go. He had spent years mastering the art of control—over his emotions, his career, his life. But this—this was out of his control, and it terrified him more than he cared to admit.