TESSA'S POV.

Twenty minutes, that was all I was going to give him. It wasn't such a long period of time but my mind was stretching with the possibilities, each more agonizing than the last. What could he have to say? It didn't matter, I had to rebuff him and put him away. I had to!

“Be fast about it” I said.

Relief flooded his features momentarily before it was replaced by determination. We found a secluded bench beneath the shade of an oak tree. He sat so close to me and my body screamed for me to move away but my legs remained rooted to the spot.

“Tessa..” he...