Edric sighed. "Forgetting is not my forte," he said, taking a hesitant step towards her. "Not with you."

Being so sappy or even this sensitive wasn't in his nature, but he couldn't just ignore the letters she'd sent. Not with all the accusations she'd sent him, and not with the admissions of her pain. He was too protective—and unfortunately, that protection now extended to protecting her from his own goddamn stupidity.

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