A Bold Offer
" Flora, we need to talk," Adrian said, his voice rough and pulsing with genuine determination.
" Adrian, I am harkening," Flora replied, her voice cautious but with a touch of craving.
" Every night I lie awake allowing about what we lost, and I can no longer tolerate this silence," Adrian continued.
" Silence, yes, but remorse as well," Flora answered, her voice slightly above a tale." I still flash back the dreams we pictured, the moments when we believed nothing could pull us apart."
" I know," Adrian said vocally." I flash back the nights beneath the stars when you laughed, when our dreams were unencumbered and simple. But also I let my duty, my ambition, get in the way."
Flora's tone turned cold," You allowed ambition to take priority over our love,
