Duncan said, “For you, I’ll keep going. I’m only handling important business now.

“My brothers help me too. They won’t let me get exhausted.”

Duncan added, “If it weren’t for you, I probably would’ve given up on myself and on recovering. I wouldn’t have been able to stand up for the rest of my life.”

“Silly.”

“I’m not silly. I just love you and Sonny a lot. Many people keep asking how I got attracted to you when you were a divorced woman who didn’t even look that pretty back then.”

Duncan smiled. “Honestly, I don’t know either. I just fell in love with you. I don’t need to find out why.

“Maybe your striving to be a better self and transformation brought me to you.

“I like Sonny too. I didn’t really like kids because they’re noisy, but I adored Sonny since the first time I saw him.”

Liberty grinned. “I know I got lucky because of my son.”

Duncan cared about Liberty more because she was Sonny’s mom, and he liked Sonny.

They gradually developed feelings for each other after int