Amelia looked into his exhausted and pained eyes, and at the hand gripping the iron gate, feeling her heart ache for a moment.
She wanted to rush out, throw herself into his arms, and tell him that she never intended to punish him, that she had been forced into doing this, and that her heart had always been with him, unable to love anyone else...
She felt as if she had so much to say to him, but she knew she couldn't, because if she let him in tonight, she would never be able to keep him out again.
As for the deadline he wanted...
She took a deep breath and decided to tell him the truth, "I can't give you an exact deadline, because I won't set foot in the Cooper's house as long as your father is there."
Even if she wanted to go in, Julian Cooper wouldn't let her.
Daniel Cooper didn't seem to understand her point, "I didn't say you have to join the Coopers, we can live our own lives..."
Amelia cut him off, "But marrying you means joining the Coopers."
