"I'll admit I've screwed up plenty in my life. But marrying you, Whitney? That was never a mistake. Not once."

His voice had gone from playful and teasing to dead serious, all that warmth gone, replaced by a heavy, almost suffocating intensity.

The words landed in Whitney's ears like a bell ringing in an empty church. For a moment, she felt like her heart just stopped.

They really had been good together, once. Really in love.

He didn't want her to pretend none of it had ever happened and deep down, she couldn't deny it. Whenever things got tough, her mind always drifted back to those years when he was gentle, thoughtful, loving.

Whitney wasn't sure how he managed to turn the conversation back to them.

She wanted to dodge it, so she bit her lip and said quietly, "Aren't we supposed to be talking about Sandy right now?"

"Fine. If you need to bail out of this talk, I'll give you a breather-but this is the last time. Once Sandy's situation is sorted, we're revisiting us."

and firm, making it clear this wasn't up for debate. He kept going, switching gears, "Back to Shane-those two idiots couldn't figure out romance if it hit them in the face. What do you

any better at relationships, she thought. Look

his help, so she swallowed her sarcasm and said, a little hesitantly, "Can you

how you

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the picture and Dina being as

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too. You don't like me now, but that doesn't mean you never will again. And if went

you knock it off? You said you'd

a point, same as Sandy's situation."

think Shane's the best Sandy could do. So

out a humorless laugh. "Please. You and Shane

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