“No! None of what you’re saying is true. I love you, Chloe. I love you and I love our baby. When I asked you to marry me, it was because that’s what I wanted. What I still want. I want to marry you. I want to be with you and our child.”

     “But you want your company more,” Chloe said sadly. “Show yourself out.”

     Chloe walked away from Declan, leaving him standing in the kitchen staring after her. She didn’t look back. She couldn’t. She knew if she did, then she would crumble and forgive him and say yes to anything he wanted. But she needed to be strong for...