Gwendolyn.
“How do you plan to travel?” Alexander asked with indifference but I could tell from the slight ticking of his jaw that he was trying to reign in his anger.
“By sea,” I answered. “There’s a ship that’s going up north, I want to start from there,” I said, trying to sound as calm as possible.
“Okay,” he said as he opened the gate to my family’s mansion for me. “Take care of yourself and I hope you find the happiness you are looking for,” he added and turned around to leave.
“Alex,” I called out to him and he stopped but didn’t look back at me. The words I wanted to say were just at the tip of my tongue but I just couldn’t bring myself to say anything. He continued to walk away when I stayed silent for a while and he didn’t look back, not even once. If he did, he would have n
