Olivia Westview
My heart felt like it was about to burst from my chest as I stood there, cornered by both my emotions and the man in front of me. James was close now, too close, and that made it hard to breathe.
"You’ll give me what I want?" I repeated. I could feel the walls I’d worked so hard to build around myself beginning to crack, but I forced them to stay up. "What the hell do you even think that means?"
His expression softened, and he reached out, but I stepped back, crossing my arms tightly over my chest to create space. I wouldn’t let him do this again. Not after everything. Not after all the confusion he’d put me through.
"Olivia," he said softly, his voice low and patient, as though I were a wounded animal he needed to calm. "I’m trying to make this right.……
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