David's POV
The emotions coursing through me were a tangled web I couldn't untangle. They shifted and crashed into each other like waves in a storm. But one feeling rose above all the others, threatening to drown me completely.
Devastation.
The crushing weight of knowing this incredible woman wasn't truly mine. That she had no idea how deeply she'd burrowed into my soul. That I had no way to make her understand the magnitude of what she meant to me.
If I could tear open my ribs and let her see my heart hammering against my chest for her alone, I'd do it without hesitation.
Then it hit me like a freight train.
I was in love with her.
My hands fell away from her body as the realization slammed into me. My eyes went wide with shock.
I was in love with Cornelia.
