He understood then that neither time nor distance had lessened his love for her. But was love that made him ache with suffering truly worth fighting for?

Even when apologising, this guy turns on the charm. And the worst thing is that it works. She had reached a point in her life where she no longer expected anything from men, though that didn't stop her from falling in love with them.

It's scary being loved. Because life is complicated and all too often it throws you off balance by sending you the right person at the wrong time.

Some say that you know real love when you realise the only person in the world who can console you is the one who has hurt you.

so if you love him, why keep him waiting for 13 years?" "Because I was afraid. Afraid of not being worthy, afraid of not knowing how to love him, afraid of waking up one day and not loving him anymore.

Your soulmate can also be your downfall.

They were now both ready, not to begin from scratch, but to continue with a love that had survived for thirteen years in hibernation. They were no longer travellers without baggage. They were no longer twenty. They'd both been around the block a bit and had suffered without the other. They'd both lost their way without the other. Each had tried to find love with other people. But all that was now finished.