“Come on, Benjamin,” Janie’s eyes were brimming with tears. “How could you break my heart like this? What’s wrong with me?”

“This is none of your business,” Benjamin pulled Emmeline close to him. “I love Emma, and she can love me back. Who are you to interfere?”

“Benjamin, you’re misunderstanding!” Emmeline pushed him away and stood to the side, her face flushing. “I only see you as a brother, I won’t fall in love with you.”

“But that’s not set in stone,” Benjamin gazed at her deeply. “You don’t love Abel anymore, so why not give me a chance? We’re meant to be together, I don’t want to be your brother.”

His intense gaze left Emmeline unsure of what to say.

“Benjamin!” Abel’s anger boiled over and he threw a punch.

Benjamin deftly dodged Abel’s punch, feinting with a punch of his own and winking at him.

Abel was caught off guard, unsure of what Benjamin was up to.

In the moment of hesitation, Abel’s next punch never landed.

“Emma,” Janie spoke with a trembling voice. “Will you really agree to love Benjamin and be with him?”

Emmeline’s mind was racing.

How could she possibly do that?

what should

thought

Benjamin’s sudden passion just

with Janie for a meeting and returned so quickly. Did they have some sort of

know you better. I was foolish to have missed my chance with you before, but now I want to be

to be dumbfounded. He almost choked on his own

him or was she really confessing her

for years to hear those words and had longed for

to hope for

was probably just using reverse psychology on

was at a loss for how to

stunned, realizing

going to end

could Benjamin

hoped he wasn’t

thinking: “Ha, you really thought

and raised his voice, “Emma, how can you love

Benjamin?” Emmeline clung to Benjamin’s neck, “We’re both single

a rock and a hard place. What could he

he admitted to playing along with Emmeline, he would offend her. But if he didn’t surrender now,

door to

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