King Luca’s POV
Rose’s lips purse, then begin to tremble, her eyes bright. I take the glass from her and sit it on the table behind her, pulling her close against me as her body starts to jerk with silent sobs.
Holding her head against my chest, I wrap my other arm around her shoulders, closing my eyes when I realize that she fits just as perfectly against me as she always did.
I just want to stay like this…together. Forever. Mourning what we lost.
The past. The future.
I feel robbed. Fate screwed me over. This was the girl for me.
Who could I ever love more than this woman, right here in my arms?
Lowering my hand from the back of her head to her neck, I gently massage it, just like I had when we had laid side by side on our stomachs as teenagers while studying and I noticed she was
