Chapter 180

Sara couldn't hold back her tears any longer. They welled up, blurring her vision until they finally slipped free and ran down her cheeks. Spencer's heart clenched as he gently pressed a kiss to her eyelid. "I'm sorry. Please don't cry anymore," he whispered. Sara never believed that Spencer owed her an apology. Love couldn't be forced, and not loving someone didn't require an apology. But hearing it now, something fierce and long-buried surged from inside her. The emotion she had forced down for years now burned its way back to the surface. Spencer held her hand as they strolled along Seravein. They hadn't made it onto the cruise, but walking beside the moonlit water offered a quiet beauty of its own. Sara let him guide her, hand still clasped in his. After a while, he suddenly slowed and stopped walking. There was a trace of unease in his eyes as he looked at the red-eyed woman beside him. He said, "You're not allowed to take that ring off, understand? When we get back to J