Chapter 69 Trust, Control, And Consequences

• "Beautiful words don't stroke my ego, Lorenzo," I lied, secretly loving hearing him say those things. But if I were really going to give him a chance to change things, I wouldn't be foolish enough to hand over my heart so easily. "Is marrying me your trump card?"
• "No, Dark, it's not. But since you don't trust my words, it's hard to say anything to convince you of my feelings," he said, irritated.
• "Put yourself in my shoes, imagining you trusted someone enough to reveal things no one else would ever know, only to have them throw away everything we know about each other and act like I'm your enemy." And here I was again, revealing how I felt to him.