Will
WILL
It’s exactly the way he imagined taking her home to meet his mother for the first time.
Except that it isn’t.
She isn’t his, even though he is certainly hers, and he still hasn’t told her the truth about it all, even though he traced his apology on her skin with his fingertips.
has definitely started to fall for her, and while he isn’t able to give her every piece of himself like he wants to, he can give her this. All he has to do is make sure she never finds out the truth. All he has to do is make sure no one blows his cover.
He can’t risk losing Bridget over a dumb misunderstanding that has spiraled into something massive. She said it herself: she has a hard time accepting white lies. How is she going to feel when she finds out the truth?
shudders at the thought.