As Mitch mulled this over, Ivy thought of Jeremy. She had loved him, but he’d let her down in many ways that added up. Small things, mostly. Like taking for granted all the mundane things she did for him because he expected it. Or insisting he was too busy to take her calls when he was traveling. Not until after he’d died had she discovered his betrayal. Right here. In Summer Beach. Thinking about that, Ivy pressed her lips together in a firm line.
“Yeah, I’m far from perfect,” Mitch said glumly. “I should have told her about my history. After I landed in Summer Beach, I decided to become a new person. The kind of person I knew I could be. So, I buried my past. Bennett knew about it—” He stopped and swallowed hard, then met her gaze and held it. “I’m talking about my prison record. I want
