The Rejected True Heiress
Then, softer, “It’s fine.”
I nodded once, my hand running my upper arm. “I’m sorry.”
The words came out so quietly I almost didn’t recognize my own voice.
He studied me for a moment, his eyes searching my face, before saying, “It’s not your fault. Zane is… well, Zane. You couldn’t have known.”
I nodded, glancing at the books, the sillness around us.
“What I don’t get,” he started again, “is why you’re with him.”