Liam’s voice came out low, sincere, broken in a way he had never allowed anyone to see before.

“I wanted you from the very first moment I saw you, Olivia,” he confessed, brushing his lips against hers again. His voice was rough, heavy with something he had buried for far too long. “And the more I tried to pretend otherwise... the more impossible it became to stay away from you.”

Olivia broke into tears, her hands sinking into his shoulders.

“Liam... I still have so much trapped inside me...” sh