Sienna

Back in the present, sitting with him now, remembering all that made my chest ache and my heart feel full at the same time.

I looked at him and whispered, “You were trouble from day one.”

He smiled softly. “Yeah. And you still let me in anyway.”

I grinned faintly. “Guess I did.”

For a second, we both laughed. The kind of laughter that reminded me why I fell for him in the first place.

But it didn’t last long. The weight came back, quiet and cold, the moment the laughter faded.

Around midnight, Jaxon fell asleep on the couch. His arm was draped over his face, phone still...