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.

and Kent…

we could start a forest fire, if

was I supposed to do with

up very early, stretching my arms over my

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I hope that if I can catch Kent early, maybe he’ll let me go visit my sister and my dad this afternoon. I haven’t seen my dad in so

much.

climb out of bed swiftly, then, eager

nice and well, Kent

experience just solidified for me just how

of something else.

in this world? Did I really want to trade my hand in marriage – my own trump card, apparently – for something I’m sure won’t truly

– and keep the benefits of my life here

them?

then, by turning

his hat into the ring. And, well. He noticed me in ways that Daniel certainly does not. I have to admit, too, that

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