"That was years ago." Madeline quickly cleared his doubt before he misunderstood her reasoning. "I wouldn't dare to harbor such feelings anymore now that I'm married to you, but I respect him."
Madeline hoped he'd believe her. She only knew Orson when he was about to leave for the military and she was only fifteen at that time. When she turned eighteen, he stopped one of her neighbor's sons from committing a burglary crime. She saw everything through her window that day and also heard of how nice of a man Orson was.
It was only mutual for her to like someone who had many nice things surrounding his name, but the feeling died when she knew running into someone that important was impossible.
Who knew she'd end up as the wife of his best friend!!!! How did she not know of this??
