"Don't. Don't you dare." The venom in the warning almost surprised her as it oozed from her words. He appeared almost surprised by her reaction as if she was at fault for this game he was playing. "My reading habits are not the point of contention." As if he hadn't written her of rumors first in their entanglement! He wrote her about the slanderous Watchword article alleging some unrequited love match with Felix. "You mean to marry Clarissa Cosgrove, of all people, and you didn't say a word." The lies of omission were damning, but the subject of his supposed fascination baffled her. Clarissa Cosgrove over her. The idea was laughable, or it had been until she saw it in print.
"You hid this from me and I will know why. Why?" She was happy to wave goodbye to subtlety, but she would have to tread carefully. She heard the waver in her voice, cursing the hurt that appeared before she could force it in back. The crush of questions was growing and her ability to hold it all was rapidly dwindling. She'd examined his motives from every angle she could imagine, but she still couldn't understand why this was how he's chosen to move in the world.
"You hid this from me and I will know why. Why?" She was happy to wave goodbye to subtlety, but she would have to tread carefully. She heard the waver in her voice, cursing the hurt that appeared before she could force it in back. The crush of questions was growing and her ability to hold it all was rapidly dwindling. She'd examined his motives from every angle she could imagine, but she still couldn't understand why this was how he's chosen to move in the world.
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