Chapter 181

[Cordelia]

"Clark, what are you doing out of bed?"

"I just heard everything you said," he confesses. "Does Atlas know?"

Tucking a strand of hair behind my ear I wait for him to elaborate. "I'm not sure what you are talking about."

"That you love him," as he takes a step forward and his eyes, red and puffy from crying, search my face as he asks. "Does he know you already see yourself as his wife again? That you want to marry him?"

Holding up my hand, I show him the engagement ring. "I said yes to him. I wouldn't have done so if I didn't mean it." I sigh. "Is this because of the argument at the hospital? Even though I'm mad at him and said I needed space doesn't mean that I don't want to marry him."

Is that what Atlas thinks? That I don't love him at all anymore? That I asked for space because I didn't want him anymore?

Doesn't he realize that the reason it hurts me so much when he doesn't stand up for me is because I love and want him so much?

"Maybe you should remind him," Clark look