She froze. Her entire body reacted to his words. Oh, how she hated her heart sometimes. Like right now. The thought of being loved by him felt ecstatic, to say the least.
She swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to regain her grip on reality. Feeling ready, she spoke.
" Excuse me? What did you just say?"
To her dismay, her voice came out squeaky and panicked instead of the confidence she aimed to portray. Such humiliation.
Thea closed her eyes waiting for his laughter but nothing came. Consciously, she opened a single lid and looked at the man whose gazes were filled with pain now.
" I am sorry that it took me this long to realize the damage I have done to you. seeing how astonished you got after that, I feel ashamed. I apologize."
The woman didn't understand whatever was going on with him. Try as she might, she couldn't take him for his words. She just felt uncertain and confusion flooded her mind.
