Simione felt like she was at the edge of a cliff and that someone was after her and that she had to choose between jumping off to her death or surrender to safety. Hawk's confession of love was something beyond all that she had planned and she never thought that instead of victory, she'd feel defeated at it. Her thoughts then splattered like spilled matchsticks that she couldn't think right and clear.
How could Hawk Monsanto confess love at this point when she was torn between her desire for revenge or move on for a better life? How did things end with love anyway when it was all nothing but pure seduction?
And most of all, does she love him?
"You made it clear you wanted to be my woman," Hawk told her, remembering all the times she told it to his face like she meant it "But do you love me Cat? Do you love me that's why you want to become my woman or because there's something else you wanted from me?"
