Chapter 329

Yet, so what if he was being nice now?

Did his recent kindness mean she was supposed to forgive his past mistakes and just accept him? If that were the criteria, there were many others she should have welcomed back into her life long before Eric.

Hadley shook her head. "I appreciate what you did tonight, but like I've said before—"

"Listen, Hadley," Eric interjected with a rare seriousness, his tone touched by self-deprecation. "I admit I've not been great to you, or to myself, to be honest."

He had never really lived for himself. His life had been dictated by familial obligations, always putting his brother, the Flynn family, and their collective interests first.

Yet, he couldn't lay all this bare to Hadley.

With a light chuckle, as if to shake off the weight of his confessions, he added, "Trust me, I'll show you."