He Said No, She Found Love
is displeasure. He opened his mouth to say something, probably a
? Are you
a moment later, dressed in a simple white dress that made her look like an ang
ld anger directed at me melted away, replac
s everything alright?" he
at me, a flicker of something calculating in her eyes before it was replaced by vu
t. She leaned into him, a fr
oulders, pulling her into a protectiv
hardening again. "You see? You' ve upset her. Your m
otte' s manufactured distress. The injustice of it was so famili
commanding. "Apologize to Charlotte
safety of his arms. "Oh, no, Ha
rip on her tightening. "Ava
, I had been forced to make countless apologies fo
gaze. I took
ice clear and devoid of emotion. "I didn
let a fraction of the heartbreak I had
everything. For ever thinking I could be m
t as a desperate, last-ditch plea for his affection. I meant it as a fi
s eyes. He had expected tears, a fight. He didn't k
t let the tears fall until I reached the back garden, my back turned to the house. The sobs wracked my bo
y, I could hear Charlott
ment to you. It must be so difficult for her to see us toge
esigned to make him pull her closer, to see her as
doubt, that he would f