Henley's Heart

trust.
noun.
the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

"Sebastian, you're wasting your breath."
"There's nothing you can say to make me walk away right now, so you better quit while you're ahead."
"I'm not good. I can never be good enough for anyone."
"I don't want good enough. I want to know who you are, broken and all. That's the kind of person who matters more. You matter, Henley."

Sebastian never thought a person he'd fall in love with would be like this. Someone like Henley, he always thought, would grow up to be alone. In his senior year of college, he's getting ready to face reality, when by happenstance, a girl in one of his classes is there at a time when no one else can be. To pay her back, he tries to get to know her and be a friend, but she seems to refuse. Henley was so hasty to help Seb but now won't accept help from him. Almost like she can't seem to trust him, even though he only knows her name. But if he's learned anything, it's that patience is a virtue. If Henley can help him, he'll help her. And there's no way he's giving up on that.

Sebastian Jensen and Henley Bard are both about to get a dish of reality no one else bothered to teach them their entire lives: Trust exists. Because one moment doesn't define who you are. Millions of moments make up the person you'll be.

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