"You think I'm innocent?" Killian questioned her. He was quite amused by her behaviour. On a normal day, Emma line Palermo would never talk so violently. She was a fragile woman with a heart of gold. She could never speak badly about anyone. But hearing him announcing how she was going to kill those who hurt him brought indefinable warmth to his heart.
In simple words, he hadn't met a woman so warm like her in his entire life.
"Are you not?" Emma asked, furrowing her brows in question. "You are too innocent in comparison with what my circle of people do for a living. Trust me, Killian, you are the most innocent man I have ever met who thinks by his indifferent demeanour could pretend that he doesn't care. But I know better."
Killian tightened his hold on her. "You are right. You know better."
Only if Emma knew what kind of monster he was underneath the skin he was showing everyone.
If Santiago was a villain, then he was no worse than him.
