Ariel stared in horrified disbelief. Almost choking on the words, she stammered “ You. . . you can not have told him a lie like that, just to keep him from seeing me again! It would have been monstrous. I know everyone knows that you are my mate but I am sure everyone also knows that you have just been putting up with me all the while, they know you don't just want to throw me away. Deep down that is what you truly want. Anyway, he wouldn't have believed you! That's no something a same person will believe. I am obviously not with child“
“ You think not? It will surprise you if I tell you that I didn't need to do a lot of convince him, or else why should he have decided for himself that he wanted nothing more to do with you? “ Robinson questioned, as if reason were on his side, not hers.
