Wife (Betrothed 1)

It was touching that she’d asked at all. “I’m not that kind of man. I kill those kinds of men. Nothing will ever happen to your daughter, I promise. I’d die before I let anything happen to her.”

“Good answer.” She rose to her feet. “I’ll talk to her about this. It’ll take some time to get her to agree, but I’ll make it happen.”

I rose to my feet and walked her to the door.

“I have to ask,” she said. “You’re only thirty-one and so handsome. Why would you agree to marry?”

I couldn’t tell her the truth, that I was still in love with her daughter years later. I masked my feelings with hatred and bitterness, but once you really loved someone…you never stopped. “She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I’d have to be stupid not to want her.”