As Adam confessed this, I felt a surge of sympathy for him. He had done what he thought was right, even if it left him empty inside. He had tried to make it work, but love doesn’t always grow where you expect it to. And now, as the truth about Stephanie threatened to unravel everything, I could see how much it weighed on him.
He gently held my face in his hands, his touch warm and tender.
"You, on the other hand, are a blessing to me," he said, his voice thick with emotion. "I always knew someone out there was made especially for me, and that person is you. I loved you even though I tried not to. I fell for you before I even realised it, and I’ve been falling ever since."
Tears welled up in my eyes as his words sunk in. I could feel the truth in them, in the way his eyes looked at me w
