Gwen had been in pain and confused when she woke up. Even more so when Hunter was there and told her that he loved her. He LOVED her? After everything he did?!
But as she listened to his story, a lot of things clicked into place. If he really wanted to write an exposé on her, he would have done it far sooner. She hadn't known about the advertising on his site on her behalf or inventing a job for her either.
Those weren't things someone would do arbitrarily. He had genuinely felt bad about what happened and wanted to try to fix it.
Gwen believed that much. That he hadn't wanted to hurt her.
But did that really matter? He did. More than anyone else had ever hurt her before. More than anyone else COULD hurt her because she had loved and trusted him more than anyone else.
Hunter had been there for her when her world was falling apart. And now she knew why. He felt responsible for what happened.
