Sierra bawled. She wouldn't hide her feelings. Her dignity was lost. She was irrevocably ruined. Everyone knew it. She'd been too reckless with her words. "Drake, you cannot go through with this wedding," she ordered. "You love me, I know it."
"Sierra, stop, please stop," Drake begged. Her cries were ripping at his heart. "We can go talk in private,"
Sierra searched Drake's features, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Why won't you love me back?"?She pushed against him hard, escaping his grasp, fleeing into the house.
Drake started after her, but Girard caught his arm. "Let me see to her until she is calm enough to speak with you," Girard suggested. His words revealed his concern over Sierra, but his face unveiled his displeasure with Drake.
Drake gave a silent nod, barely looking at Gir
