Charles POV
I was a fool. I should have grabbed her when I could have had her all to myself, snatched her up like a ripe mango at the market. But how was I to know that this was what love felt like?
" Charles, are you okay? mother said to me.
" I am not sure I handled it well," I sais,my face so open,gaze filled with such raw regret,my heart aches on her behalf.
"Considering the circumstances, I think you did fine.Besides,it's not like you stood a chance,her mind was make up the moment she saw you."
My heart wants to escape, to flap out of my body and into her. And, God. Is this what it means to become infatuated with someone? A heart becomes a hybrid, half yours, half theirs. Mine beats like this because it wants out. My chest aches to let my heart in.
" Charles, don't worry I'm rig
