They Thought I Would Stay Quiet About Losing My House Until The Title Records Surfaced

I love you, Grace said finally. That’s the problem. His face broke open. If I didn’t love you, she said, I could walk away clean. But I do, and because I do, this hurts in places I didn’t know could hurt. Ethan reached for her hand, and this time she let him hold it, not as forgiveness, not yet, but as possibility.

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