horrified.
“No.”
“Do you love me?”
“Yes.”
I studied his face.
I wanted to believe him.
But love was no longer enough to answer the questions that mattered.
“Then why did you behave as though my feelings were irrelevant?”
He had no answer.
And for the first time, I didn’t rush to fill the silence.
Chapter Eight: What I Did After He Told Me
Daniel expected me to cry.
I could see it in the way he watched me, his hands clasped together, his expression full of dread.
He expected
