Wanted by Her Lost Love

worth your tears. I don’t regret what I’ve done. I onlyregret that I allowed them to hurt you and that I neversaw what they were doing to you.”“But you wouldn’t have done it if it weren’t for me,”she said painfully. “They’re your family, Ryan. Maybeyou’re angry with them now, but what about a yearfrom now? Or five years from now? At what point willyou resent me for being the wedge between you?”“You aren’t responsible for their actions,” he saidfiercely. “You didn’t do this. They did. No one else. Ihate them for what they did. They are beyonddespicable. They don’t deserve your consideration.They don’t deserve mine. I never want our childexposed to that kind of poison. It was my decision,Kelly. Do you honestly think I would allow them in anypart of our lives after what they did to you?”Tears slid down her cheeks. This hadn’t been hergoal. No matter how much she wanted to never bearound them again, the last thing she wanted was tocause Ryan pain.“Let’s not talk about them,” he said quietly.“They’re no longer an issue. What I want to talk aboutis us. Can you ever forgive me, Kell? Can youpossibly love me again?”