Prologue
PROLOGUE
Kat
I t only took one night; one moment, and my fate was sealed. He knew I would never tell him no.
I wonder what would have happened if I’d never met Evan. The thought makes my stomach sink and twist, and a cold chill flows in waves over my body.
It pains me to consider such a thing. To have never been with the man I love.
Dragging in a lungful of cold air, I steady myself with deep breaths.
It physically hurts to imagine not having him in my life for the last six years.
I didn’t know I was setting myself up for heartbreak all those years ago. Yet here I am, and that reality is what keeps me up at night. My eyes burn from both exhaustion and the tears begging to be shed.
That chance encounter set everything into motion, and only months ago I would have said it was a blessing, bestowed upon me by fate, or maybe kismet. But now I know better.
I wish I’d never stopped that night.
I wish I’d never met Evan at that gas station.
Whoever said it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all was a liar and a fool.
This pain isn’t worth it.
If only I could go back, because I don’t know how we’ll get through this.