Page 26 of Hidden Vows (Love in Ashford Falls #3)

Do you remember that night it all ended? I still wish I could forget it. I still wish I could take it all back.

Nothing had been the same since that night I came home drunk. Just over two months married, and I forced you to throw it all away.

I wish I found a different way to make you see that our being together would never work, but at the time, the only way I could see you letting us go was to make you hate me.

It was the coward’s way out, but it accomplished what I needed it to.

I hope somewhere deep down, you know it wasn’t the way it seemed. Hurting you broke me in a way I never thought a person was capable of hurting. You are the love of my life, and you always will be.

I’ve lived in countless cities, traveled to a dozen countries, and met people from all walks of life. Not a single person has come close to making me feel the way you do.

If I could do it all over again, I would. Even with everything I’ve experienced and learned over the last twelve years, I’d give it all up to be with you again.

Nothing and no one has given me the peace I had with you by my side.

I want more time with you, Abbey.

I want it all with you.