She thought he loved her too.
She believed that one day, he would take her hand, lift her chin, gaze deeply into her eyes, and say to her, "Ruby, I love you. Marry me, will you?"
She thought that lovers were destined to become spouses in the end.
Who would have thought that it was all just wishful thinking on her part?
The care he showed her, the attention he paid her, were all for Glades Horne's sake because, in his heart, she was just his sister-in-law.
That day would never come. The day when he would take a woman's hand, lift a woman's chin, gaze deeply into a woman's eyes, and speak those heartfelt words. Sadly, he would not be saying them to her; he was saying them to Emma Wright. He had fallen in love with Emma Wright at first sight!
Love at first sight!
At twenty-eight, she had always believed in love that grew over time, never in love at first sight. Yet now, those words described the man she loved most.
No wonder he was so gentle with Emma Wright.
