She nodded and listened as Shelby spoke. "That's understandable. Honestly, I have found that there's never a good time to talk about past hurts... specially if there has been a significant stretch of time in between," Piper admitted, taking a sip of her coffee. "But sometimes, in order to truly move past it, you have to acknowledge it. And that part sucks the most sometimes."

She'd been in that same exact spot recently herself when she found herself in Adonis' penthouse and finally allowed the dam to break on everything she'd held in for a decade.

"I would say that if you've gotten to the point of asking him to move in with you, a lot of the hurt has probably passed," Piper said with a small smile. "Besides, I'm sure he knows better than anyone that you're no longer the person you were six years ago."