His Perfect Woman (Harlequin Superromance) - Plot & Excerpts
he asked again when she didn’t answer. Melissa turned to look at him, her expression battle-weary and proud, vulnerable but determined. “Nothing. It’s just that the normal part of me who planned ahead died like your friend. With every needle and cut of the scalpel, with every single hair that fell out of my head, I stopped believing in tomorrow. Bryan, don’t you see? All I could handle was the day, that day, and sometimes I couldn’t handle those! I had to live moment by moment because it was all I could manage, and if I refuse to put someone else through that, that’s my right. You and my father need to respect that.” Bryan braced his hands on the edge of the sofa table, gripping it tight to keep from grabbing her and shaking her. She was running away from her inability to see herself as healthy by shifting the subject to him. Melissa picked up her purse and he bit back an order to stay. They had a lot more to say to each other. He wanted her to fight. To live. But moments later he heard the soft snick of the door being closed, and her rapid descent on the stairs.
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