Arwen was taken aback when she heard him. For a moment, she didn't know how to react. Her heart felt weirdly clogged. She wasn't sure what she had been expecting to hear —but it was definitely not that.
He said he would let her go …
Of course, he would. After all, she was the woman he married on a whim. Their relationship over time might have gotten better —he had been treating her the best —but that was all because she was his wife.
But how did she forget that she wasn't the woman he loved?
She was not.
She had let her delusions misguide her …
What the hell was she even thinking? That she was the girl he had been treasuring in his heart all these years?
Where did she even get that confidence?
A smile of mockery curled her lips as she laughed softly, waving off the discomfort building inside her.
