He Told Me to Stay Away After I Got Hurt So I Stepped Back… and Their House Deal Fell Apart Overnight

moving, she spat it out. “I’m sorry.”

It wasn’t real. It was the kind of sorry you say when your ego has a knife to its throat.

I hovered the pen over the signature line.

Jacob’s eyes lit up. Ellie exhaled like she’d just won.

And then I stood up without signing.

“Actually,” I said, “never mind.”

Their faces froze.

“I thought I could do it. But I know that continue reading …