Those words sent Summer Thorne into a daze, pulling her back to the past.
He had indeed said those very words after Austin Sutton passed away, the first time she tried to break up with him.
Back then, her heart was dead within her chest. She saw him as nothing more than a patron, so when he said those words, she didn't have the slightest bit of energy to struggle or question him.
And now, hearing him say them once again, Summer Thorne couldn't help but sink deep into thought.
'Entangled to the bitter end?'
'Did they even have the right to be entangled like that?'
She didn't know how these feelings had started.
And she had no idea where they would end up, either.
'Even if she were willing to be honest with her own heart, could she truly face this unknown past and uncertain future with composure?'
Summer Thorne didn't know.
'This is life.'
Even when you had all the clues, you still couldn't piece together a perfect answer.
