Chapter 43

• He stared at me, and there was this look of longing in his eyes. This man is terribly in love with me. But why? Why isn't he seeing that my heart belongs to someone else? Why can't he see that I'll only hurt him?
• "Please don't do this to me. Please," he said. "The last promise I made to my mother was to bring her a bride."
• Now, how is that my business? There are lots of women who will be so happy to have him, but that woman isn't me. I can't marry him, and I need him to understand.