Chapter 265

Without the scowling, sniping whining of her aunt, Lisa had made the old farmhouse a home and for two years she thrived, relishing being on her own and master of her own destiny. She completed her high school diploma and got accepted into university and when she sold the farm and walked away, she felt a sense of accomplishment and independence. Lisa clung to that independence throughout the next few years as she built her career as an author and redefined herself as a person. Until now. Meeting Mason had changed what she’d thought she wanted. He’d changed her opinion about her independence, which had become more of a burden than the freedom she’d originally thought it to be. He’d changed her opinion about love and sex and what it meant to have someone in your life that you could lean on. Lisa felt like she was a snake shedding her skin and she felt shiny and new and a little bit vulnerable. The toughness of the old skin had been sloughed away, but the new skin was still tender and pron