"Archie Lockwood, I am nothing to you, and I am certainly not your pet! Why should I obediently stay by your side? Why must I listen to you? Archie Lockwood, you are always so domineering, so unreasonable! I am a human being, not a dog you can whistle for and shoo away at your whim!"
"I'm domineering? I'm unreasonable? Eleanor Bishop, search your conscience and tell me—when have you *not* been the one to provoke me first?"
Hearing Archie Lockwood bring up this matter to argue with her again, Eleanor Bishop found it incredibly ridiculous. She had provoked him first, but what about him? Had he not taught her enough of a lesson?
Seeing Eleanor Bishop break into laughter amidst her tears, Archie Lockwood frowned even deeper. His anger surged. "What are you laughing at?"
