After Neil left the room, Mia remained glued to her position, staring at the slammed door with tears filling her eyes.
Perhaps she was asking for too much? Perhaps she was being unreasonable by wanting to be courted by the man she loved? But no matter how unreasonable it might seem, she wanted it so badly she'd give anything to have just a few days of being courted before marriage.
She knew Neil wasn't the kind of man to figure out something like that without her saying it, but she wanted him to. Recalling the look he'd given her before he left the room, she felt her heart tighten into a knot and her throat burn with emotions. He'd looked at her like she was an unreasonable woman with no sense at all. That detached look of his that she hated seeing on his face had been there before he left her in the room.
