Linnea had not expected Lachlan to react this way.
Not long ago, after all, he had been so excited about getting their marriage license that he could not even sleep. Even late at night, he had been sending her messages.
"Lachlan, are you still thinking about Elode?"
When Linnea asked this, Lachlan looked as if his true thoughts had been laid bare.
A surge of stubbornness made him deny it immediately.
"I am just used to Elode always coming to me, asking for things. She left so suddenly today... it is nothing like how she used to be. I am only wondering how long it will be before she comes back and begs me again."
What Lachlan said was true. He simply could not get used to Elode's sudden change in attitude.
In the past, she would have tried every possible way to persuade him to go
