The dark side of love

her's facades. They began to notice the small cracks in each other's

to on his desk. It was an old picture of him and his family, taken before his parents'

ely above a whisper. "I'm sorry about your

reen, his expression guarded. "It was a lon

he anger, the sense of abandonment that still lingered. A

," she said gently. "But I'm here for you

t each other. Emily saw the vulnerability in his eyes, the

she couldn't ignore. She felt a sense of understandi

lly, his voice barely above a w

yan's behavior. He was more relaxed around her, more open and v

about their fears and their dreams. And with eac

their growing bond was abo