Chapter 72

Natalie

Natalie was feeing bad all day for snapping at Theodore, but she was more upset by his calm demeanor even after her behavior. He had not been angry at all, or given her a reason to doubt him. He said that he will wait. Is he really changing? For her?

The more she thought about this question, the more she felt bad that she was doubting him, but she couldn’t help not think about what the man had told her the previous night in the ladies’ room. She had not even asked him his name. How foolish is she?

There was also a possibility that what if the man is proven wrong? What if there is no reason for her to not love Theodore? What will she do? Because with every passing day, her heart was yearning for his proximity, his touch, his scent, at all times. This is not how one should feel when they are not in love with someone, right?

Her heart was at war. She wanted to believe Theodore. Yet there was a sword hanging on above their relation.

She paced around the house all day. There were t