Friends And Lovers
“Her mind automatically registered how handsome he looked in his blue blazer and white trousers with a white silk shirt open at the neck, and a creamy white Stetson atop his crisply waving hair.
“I had a long talk with my cousin,” he said after a minute, his face hard, his eyes narrowed and appraising as they studied her face. “He was right, you don’t look well at all.”
She felt herself stiffen. Now he decided to make up, when it was too late for them to have anything together; when she was preg...nant and didn’t dare tell him for fear that he’d marry her out of a sense of obligation. Because he didn’t love her—he couldn’t after the way he’d treated her. Bitterness gathered in her throat, choking her.
“How nice of you to drop by, but the housewarming won’t be until 1995. I’ll be sure you get an invitation,” she added pleasantly, trying to close the door.
He got his shiny boot between it and the doorjamb and stopped her from closing it.
“Aren’t you going to ask me in, even for old time’s sake?”MoreLess
“I had a long talk with my cousin,” he said after a minute, his face hard, his eyes narrowed and appraising as they studied her face. “He was right, you don’t look well at all.”
She felt herself stiffen. Now he decided to make up, when it was too late for them to have anything together; when she was preg...nant and didn’t dare tell him for fear that he’d marry her out of a sense of obligation. Because he didn’t love her—he couldn’t after the way he’d treated her. Bitterness gathered in her throat, choking her.
“How nice of you to drop by, but the housewarming won’t be until 1995. I’ll be sure you get an invitation,” she added pleasantly, trying to close the door.
He got his shiny boot between it and the doorjamb and stopped her from closing it.
“Aren’t you going to ask me in, even for old time’s sake?”MoreLess
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