JACKSON'S POV

"I can do it," I kept reminding myself.

If I was able to survive before, before I met her and those weeks after she left, then I could survive again. I didn’t need any woman. Not anymore.

It wouldn’t be easy to stop Tim from mentioning her, but I’d try my best. If I could keep him from seeing her again, he would eventually forget. He had to.

I focused on returning to my old routines. Wake up early, get Tim ready for school, prep myself for work, drop him off on the way, and spend my off-days at the plantation with him.

Just as expected, a few...