" It’s too painful for me. Talking about it is difficult, like reliving it all over again, and I’m just not sure I can. But I’ll do it right now if that’s what you really want.’
There is nothing but sincerity in his eyes, an almost childlike openness, and that is what stops me. Well, that and his mention of painful memories. This playboy has an old wound that hasn’t yet healed and he does everything he can to hide it.
My heart is breaking for him but I can’t give in so easily, so I say, ‘I need to think.’
‘Then think. "
― Victoria Sobolev , Monogamy Book One. Lover (Monogamy, #1)