Afraid she might regret it, Sophia quickly hung up the phone.

Alexander stared at the ended call record, feeling a sharp pain in his heart.

He sat in the driver's seat, frozen, staring blankly ahead, suddenly unsure where to go.

But putting himself in her shoes, he could understand why Soph would give up on him. There were too many impossible obstacles between them, but he wouldn't give up.

Even at 35, he was willing to wait forever. Even ...