Chapter 82

She stood there confused. She felt as though her heart had come to a clunking stop. Her bag she hurled around her shoulder dropped on the ground, and tears were falling from her eyes like a cascade. Every moment of their first meeting flashing in her eyes. His pleasant smile, his low sweet tone, the way he swung her around in the church and covered her up during the shooting. 

That charming man she felt drawn to, that man that came to her aid when she needed someone, the one that took away the shame Tom brought in her, was also going to use her. 

But then, they were strangers, in as much as she thought he helped her, it was also she using him she thought. Since they were strangers, he probably wouldn't just allow himself to marry just anyone. 

  In split minutes, she wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at Carlos. Even though she was heart broken, she tried as much to compose herself