Chapter 68 - It was little comfort.

“I thought things were now alright between us.” He said. His voice was barely above a whisper. “Why are you doing this?”

And there was the truth, in those little words. Thought things were but not simply were. Even though she knew he was right, it still hurt.

“When you made me sign that contract, you were selfish, and cruel. You only thought about you. You never thought about me.” Liz argued back.

“You mean I was,” he corrected bitterly. “Because I needed a woman who could throw dust in my family’s eyes, and I chose you even though I knew that you would probably never have agreed to it had I not threaten you with the terms and conditions on that contract?”

“So now, you do admit you were wrong. At first you were but then, I certainly don’t remember you strong-arming me into doing anything. In fact, I seem to recall I was doing it on my own free will. I thought it was daring and romantic.”

His jaw clenched in a way that was achingly familiar, and Liz would have given anything to kno