Noah didn't know how to make his girlfriend feel better. She refused to believe that he was okay with waiting for her.
It really hadn't been that long though. They had lived like siblings for twenty-four years and had only tried dating for about two months. He understood that it might take her a while to get used to the change since change had never been her strong suit.
Yet here she was, unnecessarily beating herself up again. Why did she always do that? Noah had never understood Violet's long-standing self-esteem issues. He knew they had something to do with Kaleb thinking she was too clingy back when they were little but that had been years ago.
He couldn't fully comprehend why that wound went so deep. Violet felt things more intensely than most people did but he thought she and Kaleb had worked out their issues while she was recovering from surgery.
