The party stopped feeling like a celebration the moment she looked into his eyes.
He stood in front of her, desperate, angry, and broken.
She had been lied to before. Betrayed before. Hurt too many times to believe another promise.
Then she asked the question that changed everything.
“Give me one reason to trust you.”
His voice cracked as he answered.
“Because I gave up everything for you.”
For a moment, she couldn’t speak.
The woman who had kept herself cold for years finally broke. Tears filled her eyes as she realized he wasn’t lying.
He had lost everything trying to protect her.
And now, the truth was standing right in front of her.