❝I want you to look me in the eyes and tell me why you can't leave me, Claire!❞ he shouts into the empty room, right at my tearful eyes. ❝Because my feet fail me walking through the door! My knees turn to liquid, my arms lose all strength, and my mind scatters until the only thing I can think about is how I can't lose...
This was a cruel twist of fate, and I immediately knew it was never meant to be. But I'll damned if I lose my best friend just because she's dating the man I love. He's perfect for Julia and Julia is perfect for him, so who am I to stand in the way? In which the only reason Aria's best friend can keep a man like Harr...
harry is just on the edge of thirty-five, and y/n is someone he's sure he shouldn't get involved with. until she seeks him out, anyway, and he realizes no one has ever really shown her how she should be treated.