My words caught Edward off guard, and he froze for a moment.

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I said with a bitter smile, “I really want to do well in this part, but maybe I’m just not cut out for it.”

Edward got nervous all of a sudden, squeezing my hand tighter. “I’m sorry. Did I make you feel bad?”

“No, not at all.” I bit my lip. “You’ve been great. It’s on me.”

“Victoria, you’re not… thinking of leaving, are you?” Edward’s mood shifted sharply, and pain and disappointment flashed across his face. “I know asking you to be Nora’s stepmom is unfair to you, and I get that it’s made you unhappy. Just tell me what you want–anything I can do for you, I will.”

‘Edward… I can’t believe he’s lowered himself this much,‘ I thought, stunned by how desperate he sounded.

When Edward looked at me again, his eyes were rimmed with red. “Honestly, I never expected things to end well between us. That day back home, when you said you were heading back to Hachester and I told you we’d never meet again–I really meant it. I was determined to let you go and stay out of your life.”

I blinked, remembering how he’d looked at me with so much hope that day, only for it all to fall apart.

Hachester without hesitation, and just like

that four months later, we’d cross paths again

can’t handle losing you twice… Victoria, just tell me what you want. If it’s not love, maybe you could want something else from me–money, status, anything but

Was he really hoping I’d be a little more

expected that just complaining about how hard it was to be a stepmom


tried to hold it together, I suddenly realized I was

you just say being a

With all that money in the Jennings family, it makes

share, and yours will be just as solid.” Edward had

marriage for two years?” I

knitting together. “Two years is a long time.

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