Fix You

Because it’s only ever been you.

He burned with the need to hug her. But since their reconciliation they’d kept each other at arm’s length, as if they were both aware that to step into the murky waters of physical contact would break down the delicate dam they’d created.

Richard.” Her voice was surprisingly strong. She could do this. She could tell him the truth, and then get the hell out of here. Back on a plane. Back home. Back to him. “Richard, we had a baby.

It never ends, does it? Just when you think the hardest part is over, something else comes up to take its place.

They’d both made separate deals with the devil, promising not to step over the invisible line if it allowed them to be in each other’s lives. They’d made the mistake once before of trying to be lovers, and look how that turned out.

Hanna’s quirkiness endeared her to him.

He was the sun and she was in orbit; circling, attracted to him. Everything about him made her burn.