The sudden burst of emotions was an unplanned but inevitable part. With the way Laurel was, nothing could ever get done unless she cried about it at least once.
"It's okay. You braved through it. Don't get anything else if it hurts so much. Why did you do it in the first place?" Darius comforted her.
Laurel buried her head on his shoulder, still crying as her eyes got as red as her face. She hooked her fingers together behind his neck, making circles and twisting locks of his hair between them.
"Scarlett said - hic - she said, there is this tradition where girls wear their mother in law's earrings on the day of their mating ceremony. How can I wear earrings if my ears are not pierced?"
The hand rubbing her back came to a stop. Laurel was waiting for a response but didn't receive it
