142 A sin in the past

'Then how should I tell you how I ended up choosing you as my wife?'

Canillas talked to Joanna inwardly, still fixing his eyes on hers, which reflected his dazed state.

'Will you believe me if I tell you that I chose you because your name stirred my heart when my eyes laid on your name that night? Will you believe me, not judging me of being a liar and insane man, when I tell you that your name had power to pull me toward you, thus we are together here now?'

Canillas still asked Joanna in his silence while wishing her to understand the quiet questions that he could not speak out loud at her.

'Will you believe me if I tell you that your name has turned me into a different man and that I am myself wondering about every one of my actions towards you until I forget about my perspectives about marriage, or perhaps I changed those perspectives because of your name?'

Canillas continued to ask Joanna in silence, who was puzzled by his silence.