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Chapter 31
"—and I want to know why."
He stood in awe as she fixed him with an unwavering stare. Her breathing was audible.
"I don't know, Willow. Why are you asking about this all of a sudden?"
"Just answer the question."
"I don't know. What do you want me to say? I don't know why it was you."
She moved a little closer to him and said, "I need a better response. I'm not special. And yet you came into the human world, found me and followed me around, married me, and then asked me to move in with you only under the condition that nothing romantic can happen." She shook her head, "So many conflicting signals, and I want to know why."
"I don't know why I did any of those things. I am not accustomed to thinking too much. I don't analyze every little detail."
She squinted her eyes with suspicion.
"I think you're lying. I think you know why you did those things but you don't want to admit it because you're a coward."
The door op
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