(Author's POV)
She had never heard him use that tone with her. Flat. Measured. Like he'd already processed the feeling and was simply reporting it.
Her eyes filled immediately. The tears came the way they always did when she needed them - quickly, convincingly. She let them fall.
"Do you have any idea what that day was like for me?" Her voice broke on cue. "Victoria stood up in front of everyone and blamed me. In public. Like I was some kind of criminal. I came home and I couldn't stop shaking. I've spent three days trying to hold myself together, and all I wanted was you, and you weren't there, and every time I tried to think clearly all I could see was Aurora's face in that courtroom, looking at me like she'd won-"
"Sienna."
"I just want to be with you. That's all I've ever wanted.
