Mary Johnson ~ The Paid Bride
I asked, still dazed from the conversation with my parents.
“Nothing, really,” she said, her voice softening. “It’s just... I’ve been trying to reach you, and it wasn’t going through.”
“So, you thought I cut you off?” I finished her thought, the words coming out before I could stop them.
“Ah... well, something like that,” she admitted, sounding a little sheepish.
Sighing, I rubbed my forehead. “I wouldn’t do something like that, Nora. I told you, there’s no need for that,” I reassured her, though the tightness in my chest didn’t go away.
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