Love Unspoken

Alexander took Getty to the hospital, and on the way, Getty kept up a steady stream of complaints and curses directed at Quinn.

Alexander, growing impatient, lit a cigarette and interrupted her sharply. "Enough," he ordered.

Getty swiveled her head to glare at him, her anger palpable. "I've been bitten and you're still defending that fool. Is it too much to expect a little sympathy?" she retorted. Alexander's response was swift and pointed. "Wasn't it you who struck her first?"

Getty was momentarily taken aback, then rallied to defend herself. "She bit me. Was I supposed to just take it?"

"I recall advising you against going to Regal Riverside. Your memory seems to be failing you," Alexander pointed out.

Getty hesitated, then guiltily turned her gaze to the window. "I wouldn't have gone if you were still married. But now that you're divorced, why can't I?" she muttered.

"We're not divorced," Alexander corrected her.Getty scoffed, her laughter bitter.

"So tearing up the divorce papers doesn't count as a divorce?"

chose not

to me about being divorced. Don't you want to marry me?"

of response causing

"Say something!" she demanded.

the car!"

brakes and turned to face Getty. She glared back at him, her anger barely

Alexander's words were like a dagger to Getty's heart. Her anger quickly dissolved into sorrow, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Why?" she

was calm as he replied, "You know the circumstances under which I married her.

you would marry me regardless of any obstacles. So,

"Do you love me?"

I have stayed with you for so

at Alexander, trying to decipher the man before her.

her voice choked with emotion. "Isn't it natural for two people in love to want to

his words shattering her illusions.