A Love Unwritten

he study, while the soft ticking of the clock on the wall reminded him that time was his enemy an

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ping her from dying-everything else just paled in comparison in t

hest felt tight as his eyes strayed to the divorce letter lying on the edge of his de

was testimony to failure-a declaration

ch physically as mentally. He couldn't let that be the focus right now. Fixing their marriage was part of the lar

that made him jump, and he looked u

she said

is features into some

e letter I left

did not betray him. "No," he lied smo

cker of disappointment crossed her face, so faint he mig

t," she said in a quiet vo

t her toward the door. "You should get re

could utter a word, leaving h

rise and fall as he worked to steady his breathing. He knew he had

g in one night. Rushing would only make her suspicious. If he want

dark suit he'd set aside for the wedding. His cousin's we

he had borne their cutting remarks with quiet grace, never once fighting back. And he h

this

ction of his determined expression staring b

her hands folded in her lap, peering out the window where

wheel. The memory of her tears that night, the way she ha

aid, breakin

m, her expressio

his voice firm but level, "do

d. "What d

have always been nasty to you. Don't let th

ing the most surprised. "You

ng his eyes on the road. "You don't have to

omething, but no words came out. She turned back to

aid finally, her voice so so

couldn't change her overnight. But he coul

ced with fairy lights and flowers in bloom. The sound of laughter a

or before she had a chance to reach for the handle. She looked up at him in

on his. Adam's jaw clenched as he spotted his mother near the en

er lips curved into a thin smile. "Lana," she said, her

de him, but before she co

id coolly but firmly. "You sho

ed as her eyes narrowed s

terrupting her smoothly. "

is hand resting protective

mber said something too sharp or judgmental. He could see the confusion in her eye

d, and they were driving ho

he said h

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ou being l

e wh

" she said, her

eel as he glanced at her. For a moment, the

ed I should've been

hat look in her eyes lingered with

Adam returned to his study. He opened hi

a find h

hen closed the journal an

ant saving her-if it meant giving her the