The tangled web of love
Calculating.
As I stepped up beside him, he leaned slightly. "Smile," he murmured, or you will be punished, he threatened.
A slow smirk tugged at my lips. Punish me? That was almost funny.
The priest’s voice echoed in silence. "Do you, Bella, take Scout to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
I held Scout’s gaze, my throat tightening.
The words almost came out on their own . But I swallowed them. The weight of my parents’ lives pressed against my chest like a stone, but my mouth betrayed me.
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