"I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed."― A.S. Byatt, Possession
LILLIANA
I watched from behind the curtain as Dominic made his way out of the house. I didn't know the depth of the conversation between my father and the man I was about to marry, but the smug smile Dominic wore on his way out told me everything I wanted to know.
He did convince Ralph. In his wickedly charming way, he finally persuaded my father. A tiny smile tucked into the crease of my cheek as I thought of Dominic. The memory bloomed like a rose, as magical as the first meeting of lovers. It wasn't a wild love, misplaced passion, or obsessive lust for flesh against flesh that brought us together. It was the unexplainable pull of hearts that bound us, li
