Love Coming from the Least Expected

The porcelain mug slowly cooled down. My heart started to sink as I realized that there was a long way to go before Julia would finally accept me. At the very least, I had to calm her worry and solve the problem about Monica.

Rather than lowering my head, I looked her straight in the eye and said, “I know I may seem worthless in the face of the Lane family’s reputation, but I’m not going to hide anymore. Whether you think I’m only going for Christopher’s money or his power, I’m here to tell you that all I want is to be with him. Being able to completely recover is the greatest gift God could ever have given me, because with my recovery came another chance to spend my life with Christopher again.”

If we both had daughters, they would be closer than actual sisters and if we had one boy and one girl, they would get

not a good mother. Sure, you’ll be living up to your friend and your husband’s expectations, but you forgot about the most important

my hand to stop her. “When you wanted Christopher to marry Monica, all you

have feelings for Monica now, but feelings can be slowly developed after they get married,” Julia quickly rebutted, raising her volume to mask

heart, but the truth is that the love we share is not because of simple things like appearances or reputation. We were constantly shifting and evolving through our life and death experiences and still chose to go back to each other after all. Appearances and reputation are but simple accessories to our

Julia. “Chris really cares a lot about your opinions. That’s why he waited until now to come clean to all of you.