Exactly! he thought a little frantically. She was so close to understanding him, but they were still a step out of sync, and he wasn't sure whether they were ever going to fix it. He didn't know what else he could tell her to make it more clear, when he'd already laid it out so precisely.
"You're not listening," he said, though he wasn't sure that was accurate. She was listening, because she was responding to the things he said. She wasn't hearing him. Was it that she was struggling to connect the various points of their conversation, or was she intentionally misunderstanding because she didn't want to give up on the idea of marrying him? "That's what I want from a wife," he insisted, speaking firmly and deliberately. "And why I won't marry you."
"You're not listening," he said, though he wasn't sure that was accurate. She was listening, because she was responding to the things he said. She wasn't hearing him. Was it that she was struggling to connect the various points of their conversation, or was she intentionally misunderstanding because she didn't want to give up on the idea of marrying him? "That's what I want from a wife," he insisted, speaking firmly and deliberately. "And why I won't marry you."
Lou made this! <3