Chapter 43

• GUILIA
• I didn't expect to hear those words from him. I thought he would beg me, plead for me to let go, that she meant nothing to him. Funny enough, I was ready to forgive him, to sweep everything under the rug and not speak of her. I would have told him the great news and watched as his face broke out in a warm smile.
• It was a pity he had to spoil everything. Well, what was I expecting? That he would fall for me overnight? It was all in my head.