My Husband Is An Open Book
“Simon, how could you stoop to such baseness? I must have been truly blind to have loved you, only for you to make a jest of it! Zachary was right to strike you! He is worth ten thousand of you. Whom he chooses to love is no concern of yours. What gives you the right to speak like an idle gossip? You are beneath contempt!”
I stood beneath the full weight of everyone’s gaze, my reason entirely gone. My only thought was to stand by Zachary. Since he had defended me, I would not allow him to be wronged in return. Moreover, no one was better qualified than I to speak on the matter of Zachary’s interest in women.
Acting on an impulse, I spoke without thinking.
“Simon, I no longer have any affecti