Leaving You Bereft
Now, seeing her again, he was married with children, and she was about to become his brother's wife.
Neither Tessa nor Jareth wanted to tear through that fragile layer of pretense or upset the delicate balance—unless they were willing to give up their current partners.
But Jareth would never do that.
He had once loved Tessa deeply, but now he had a wife, and he could never bring himself to hurt Benedict.
So, it had to be this way.
After that, the two remained unusually silent. Neither spoke again.
Whether Jareth's earlier words were true or not no longer mattered.
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