Stolen Promises, Cost of Forever

"I’ll be gone for almost a year. What kind of woman would wait that long for a man?”

Selina went still and said quietly.

"A woman who love deeply would wait." A woman like her.



She would have waited for Nicki.



She had waited, even when he had abandoned her.



Damon noticed the shift immediately.



His eyes narrowed slightly.



Then, slowly—“You. You would wait for him.”



Selina looked up.

For the first time since they had met, her guard slipped.



Her eyes held something raw.



A quiet, devastating vulnerability.



She didn’t lie.



She simply said, "Yes"

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