“I see what this is all about,” I say quietly. “You’re in love with him.”
“Of course not!”
From here, I can see her fists clenched. Her jaw tightens as she grinds her teeth.
“Oh yes, you are.” For some reason, I find myself smiling with a hint of compassion. “Look at how you react, of course you’re in love with him. You’re attacking me to avoid seeing what he’s done,” I proceed cautiously. “Tania, he doesn’t need you to defend him or threaten me. He’s more than capable on his own. What’s really happening is that you’re angry with me for other reasons, and I assure you, you don’t have to be.”
“Don’t speak nonsense.”
“It’s not nonsense. It’s the truth. And if I may say, I don’t think he deserves you. If he respected you, he wouldn’t have paraded you around last night as if you were just
