Chapter 69

Daisy

My heart aches for Jasper as he says the words when she meant everything to me. "Jasper, I'm so sorry."

His bottom lip had trembled slightly, but as I give him sympathy, he flattens his mouth. "Don't be. It doesn't help anything to be sorry. The only thing that helps is to prove to him that he doesn't make or break me. I don't need his money for myself. What I need it for is the foundation, but I'm hoping at some point I can do all that myself."

I'm so confused at what he's saying. He's only told me bits and pieces of his past, of the life he had after his parents died. "Jasper, what do you mean?"

He puts his hands in his hair and grips the strands, pulling in a way that has to hurt. I reach up and try to stop him, but he fights against me.