Chapter 11

"Okay, I'm all ears," Nick said, giving her full attention.

He couldn't deny that many things were racing through his mind.

Kate let out a nervous sigh before she spoke. "Um, I've been battling with how I would tell you this for so long and how you would take this, I love you too much and I know that you deserve to know everything. Nick I ----"

Nick hushed her by taking her hands and giving them a gentle squeeze. " Kate?" He earned her eyes then. " Whatever makes you comfortable, I am all ears. I won't go anywhere, I'm here for you."

She let out a breath, despite how nervous she felt, his words helped ease the tension a bit.

She tried again, this time with determination to voice out everything. " What I'm about to tell you is something very personal and it is a very sensitive topic to me. This is about my past and how it still has a sense of hold on me."

There, she said it. This was a start.