Yet Alice, she buried all her pain in her heart, keeping it to herself.
"And what about Dorian Howards? He knows you're pregnant, what did he say?" Mabel Quinn asked anxiously, though she suspected that Dorian hadn't said anything good, otherwise Alice wouldn't be sitting in the square like that.
Alice Conley vaguely recounted her meeting with Dorian Howards.
After listening, Mabel felt an indescribable pang of sorrow in her heart. Alice shouldn't be treated this way, she loved Dorian too much, too much hope for him to be well.
"I'll go and have a word with Dorian Howards!" Mabel said.
Alice shook her head. Her expression had calmed down, yet in her eyes, the pain was still visible. "No need, I've already told him everything that needed to be said. I told him I'm pregnant, that I love him, that I previously rejected him because I thought I was infertile… So Mabel, our breakup this time, there are no misunderstandings."
"But..."
