Nathaniel’s POV
I really wanted to hug her.
I hadn’t touched her in a year. I hadn’t felt her in my arms for a whole f*****g year.
I really wanted to hug her.
But I wasn’t going to push her. I wasn’t going to push anything. I was a selfish bastard for a year and I was going to put her first now. I was going to do everything at her pace, not at mine. If we went at it at my pace, we would already be in bed together with me buried inside of her.
I missed her so f*****g much.
“What about Lidia?” she asked, her voice breaking. “You love her.”
Anger washed over me. Just hearing that b***h’s name had me seeing red.
“God, no, Haley,” I said immediately. “I don’t love her. I’ve never loved her. I didn’t even love her while all this s**t was going on. I wanted to make my father proud and
