This woman wasn't as pretty as those delicate beauties and her manner was by-the-book, the very type he detested the most.
Yet, inexplicably, he was smitten at first sight and from then on, hopelessly entrapped.
The lengths he went to, even snatching her away from his own brother, were all to catch her eye.
For over twenty years, he loved her for more than two decades. Such an enduring amount of time, almost consuming his entire emotional life. He never dared to say he loved her, not for fear of rejection, but for fear she wouldn't believe him.
The more he loved her, the more vulnerable he became.
After taking such a long and twisted path, he could finally hold her hand in the open, proud and unashamed.
How fortunate it is, in this world, to have the one you fancy fancy you back.
The train carriage was silent, and Grace Murdock sensed something was amiss.
