That came out all wrong. He was so eccentric right now that he could hardly focus on what he was saying. It was like he was in a state of delirium in doubt that Alina had played such a dirty trick behind his back and he wanted her to deny it first. Before he laid out his heart like a complete fool. “Would you care to repeat that?” she inhaled slowly, lethally like she was going in for the kill, her body going suddenly still. To his credit, he did not falter. Not when he was sure of what he was voicing. She did love him. No woman would support him like she’d done. No woman would have put him first when he’d treated her so badly. No woman would have been angry at his parents instead of being impressed with so much wealth - had it not been for her unquestioning love. “You love me,” he rep

