"Blake, I don't need to hear that sort of thing the way other women do. Please—"
"Maybe you don't." He hadn't started the way he'd intended to, but now that he had, he'd finish.
"But I need to say it. I've needed to for a long time now."
She drew her hand from his and nervously picked up her glass again.
"But I need to say it. I've needed to for a long time now."
She drew her hand from his and nervously picked up her glass again.
"I've always thought that words are the first thing that can damage a relationship."
"When they're not said," Blake countered. "It's a lack of words, a lack of meaning, that damages
a relationship. This one isn't a word I use casually."
a relationship. This one isn't a word I use casually."
"No." She could believe that.
Summer Desserts
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