-Corrine-

Immediately after I posed that question, I regretted it.

I shouldn’t have cared about Leana and her spiteful mouth. I should have kept that one thing a secret, or better yet, treated it as a lie and then forgotten about it.

My hands were clenched in my lap. Fear gripped me.

Time stretched long between my question and Andrew’s answer.

“Know that I love you,” he said. His gaze was sorrowful. “I know we’ve just met. There’s not much you know about me, but I love you, Corrine.”

“So—“ I swallowed hard. “—is it true?”

The world seemed to turn upside down as Andrew said, “Yes.”

I couldn’t contain...