Felicity shot a discreet glance at Miles behind her.

His sister had just finalized her divorce and was feeling pretty down. So why was he flaunting his relationship right in front of her?

Men can be so thoughtless, acting on impulse without considering the bigger picture.

Miles only realized his blunder after catching Felicity's pointed look. He quickly turned his attention to his sister, Aurora.

But Aurora didn't seem bothered.

With a gentle smile, she said warmly, “Seeing you and Felicity happy, Miles, puts my mind at ease. You've been through so much together; don't ever let anything tear you apart again."

"Yeah," Miles agreed, wrapping his arm around Felicity's shoulder. "We're not going anywhere."

...

Meanwhile, Craig had returned home and started drinking.

His phone, discarded on the couch, buzzed repeatedly, but he had no intention of picking it up.

want to talk to anyone or

the first time, Craig felt utterly

could just drink himself into

Craig

he and Aurora were divorced,

wasn't a

much time had passed or how much he had drunk by the time

rose unsteadily, his tall frame swaying as

outside was none other than

"...Hey, man."

at the sight, a flicker of

reach you. She couldn't get through, so she called my sister. Aurora's just had a baby, so

Miles wasn't leaving, Craig stepped

walking straight

was thick with the smell of alcohol, an

Craig, "I didn't just come to tell

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