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the flavors played over her tongue, but at the moment, it was hard to
concentrate on that. In fact, she tasted almost nothing.
“Really?” Shane arched a brow. “But I thought you were as much of a
commitment-phobe as I was.”
“I am. I’m taking a chance. I decided that I wanted to do something
different.”
Shane whistled. “She must be something. Seriously. To make you change
your mind, just like that…”
“She is.”
“It’s like she flipped a switch and you’ve finally seen the light.”
“Maybe I have.” Kiera hoped that the sour churning going on in her belly
didn’t show on her face.
She was afraid of giving her heart to someone and having them shatter it.
Her own parents were still in love, but she didn’t believe it was possible for
most people. She knew she had to be careful. She knew that it was easy to
use a person and walk away from it, and that more often than not, shit just
went to…shit. But this was different. This was Romi.
“No, I definitely have,” she amended after some thought. “I don’t know.
It wasn’t a conscious shift in my thinking. I didn’t decide one day that I was
afraid of being used and the next day that all relationships would work and
that love was foolproof. It wasn’t like that at all. I’m still scared. Super
scared. I still have a lot of anxiety about how this is going to go over with
my family, my friends, the people at the store, everyone. I have no idea how
it’s going to affect my life and yes, that terrifies me. I can’t tell you that I’ve
changed my mind about most of the things I thought before about
commitment, but I have changed my mind about this. They say that death
and taxes are the only sure things in life, but they’re wrong. Regret is
always a sure thing. I don’t know much, but I do know that if I don’t do this
now and take a chance on this relationship, I will have to live with a lot of
regrets for a very long time. I didn’t want to live my life like that.”
