She heard once that if your heart beat fast enough, it could explode.

She was sure any minute now that the pieces of her heart would be all over the rocky walls, the worn bench,

and the man beside her who’d somehow defied every expectation of him she’d ever set. Who’d somehow fallen into her life like a wrecking ball and destroyed every wall she’d set up to protect herself.

The man who’d given her his heart and asked for nothing in return. ...