Chapter 128

I let him go, but step to the edge of the banister to watch him as

he heads back downstairs. I see that his hands are clenched into

fists, his knuckles white. The only thing belying the tension behind

that strange question he just asks.

And frankly, I would consider it.

Did I want to marry Daniel?

What were the alternatives? Were any of them anything I could

actually accept?

“Are you ready?” Daniel asks, coming out of his room in a chic suit, looking so much like his dad at that moment that I just stare

at him. He blinks at me, confused.

And I realize that there is absolutely no heat between us, between

Daniel and I.

me and Kent…

forest fire, if we weren’t

I supposed to

very early, stretching my arms over my

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early, maybe he’ll let me go visit my sister and my dad this afternoon. I haven’t seen my dad in so long, and my visit with

much.

of bed swiftly, then, eager to get started.

had been really nice and well, Kent had been

he suggested really had drawn the eye. Not that Daniel really noticed. Instead, the experience just solidified for me

instead of something else. Something

night. Is marriage to Daniel really my best choice in this world? Did I really want to trade my hand in marriage – my own

the Lippert family – and keep the benefits of my life here – shouldn’t I explore

them?

surprises me, then, by

had told me himself that he was throwing his hat into the ring. And, well. He noticed me in ways that Daniel certainly does not. I have

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