loveless marriage

“Stop stalling”

“I'm not” Scarlett blushed in embarrassment at being caught red-handed. That was exactly what she was doing; stalling for time, but she covered it up with a huff.

Alex smiled, he found her expression funny and then that little sound she made, “Oh yes you are. Now, let's talk about my engagement”

“You want to talk about it now?”

His brows furrowed, “Yes, of course. It's among the many things we need to talk about, but let's start from here”

Scarlett found it funny how he wanted to talk now, how he was at this moment willing to talk about his engagement. Was it because she already knew about it? Was he going to tell her about it before? Well, good thing she only saw him as a friend and not a potential boyfriend or husband. If she had developed any romantic feelings for him, she would have been very mad right now and hurt, too.

Alex was kind and handsome, it was easy to fall for someone like him. Thank God she was hurt. If not, she would have thought about opening her he