There was part of her thinking that it might be another method for him to probe if she was with him during his speech and that she had learned to trust him.
"I am sorry." It was the word that her husband finally said after he stared into her eyes in a daze. His voice was raspy, as if he were trying to suppress something inside him.
And he proved to her once again that he would not hurt her. He was still a man of his words. He respected her, holding himself back from doing more, although she noticed a different glint in his eyes.
It was probably a desire that he told her before—that he had a strong intention to claim her as his real wife. And his heartbeat became a sign of how much he held himself back from forcing himself on her because they would have their marriage consummated only when she was willing and ready.
