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

his lack of response causing

"Say something!" she demanded.

car!" she

slammed on the brakes and turned to face Getty. She glared back at him, her anger

I divorce her, I won't marry you. Do you understand?" Alexander's words were like a dagger to Getty's heart. Her anger quickly dissolved

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

So, deep down, you don't want to marry me, do you?" Getty's words were punctuated by her tears. Alexander's response was

"Do you love me?"

I didn't, how could I have stayed with you

"If you truly loved me, would you say such a thing?"Getty was left speechless. She stared at Alexander, trying to decipher the man before her. If he didn't love her, why was he so kind to her? He asked nothing of her, and gave her everything

emotion. "Isn't it natural for two people in love to want to

naive," Alexander responded, his words shattering her illusions. "Marriage and love are not the