Those memories, though tinged with pain, felt beautiful to look back on.
Sometimes, he would wonder, 'If Amelia hadn't liked me first, hadn't confessed to me, and if all those things that happened later had never occurred, would I have still fallen for her like I have now?'
'I probably would have,' he thought.
It was like with Amelia and Tiana. They were both like little sisters to him, but he just preferred Amelia, and instinctively knew to take extra special care of her.
And all of Amelia's bossiness and pouting, in his eyes, seemed perfectly natural.
He would spoil her, completely and willingly...
Cassian Jennings recalled scene after scene from the past, the look in his eyes growing ever more tender, and his tone softened unconsciously.
He didn't know how much he had told Leo Joyce. He had never even told his best friend these things, but now, he was spilling everything to a former love rival.
