Holding in her sigh, Jessie calmly stood and stepped up to Simon. She then took his hand and placed it on her chest, holding it with both her hands. She was quiet and stared into his eyes, completely lost in the moment. Neither saw the attendant awkwardly walk around them and begin working on Oliver’s nose.
“You know,” she began softly. “That I have no control over the prince. You know that you didn’t wait to hear my answer. You know what I said to you earlier tonight. I’m not going to defend myself when I haven’t done anything wrong. If you want to look for holes in this relationship before we’ve even begun, then there’s nothing I can do. If you don’t want to trust me, fight for me, listen to me, then we shouldn’t even continue. It takes trust on both sides, Simon, and if this is going
