Chapter 269: Six Months

Jarrod's POV:

Six months.

That's how long Tallulah Conway has been in my life and as of yet, she's refused to let me love her.

But I haven't given up.

I met her on the fourth of November and for months we seemed to dance on a tightrope, not quite in a relationship but certainly not friends. She was damaged, fragile, broken... from what I couldn't say but I had a feeling it had something to do with her ex-boyfriend.

Rick Roderick.

She hadn't told me anything, but I'd read between the lines and had been almost certain something bad must have happened.

I'd promised her that I would wait for her. I loved her even if she didn't want to love me.

I had watched her fight with herself as she tried desperately to hold back her own emotions. It had been horrible to witness, and it had practically destroyed me when she ran away from me, fear etched across her face.