My Stepsister, My Revenge
“Quite the opposite, actually. I love it. Very much.”
The deliberate way he looked at her and the quiet weight behind those simple words made her heart flutter, leaving her instantly flustered.
She swallowed hard and quickly looked away. Fortunately, at that very moment, the lights in the auditorium dimmed, signaling the start of the movie.
“The movie’s starting,” she said quickly, then fixed her attention on the screen, avoiding looking at him again.
The film followed a British captain who had resigned from the army and relocated to Paris following the death of his mother, the only anchor he had left in the world.