Chapter 140 Beating Around The Bush

• I couldn't help it that every time my mind formed the words, it also conjured up her face filled with joy and glowing with love whenever she spoke of Bennett. Whenever I saw them together, my mother seemed a better version of herself. All my life, I had never seen her so happy to be with someone. She believed in him and trusted him. Most of all, she was truly in love with him.
• Once again, I asked myself how I could bring myself to destroy all that. And worst of all, what if, on top of breaking her heart, I was also going to put her in great danger? However, I knew that the choice wasn't mine alone to make. No matter what I wanted, I knew full well that Rosabella wasn't going to stay silent. She would probably continue harassing me.
• "Is something the matter? You're uncharacteristically quiet," Raphael asked.