Now Justin loved someone else, and he was using that same tone, that same expression, begging me with the same desperate sincerity.
"Louisa."
"Let me go."
"I just want to be with her. I'm hopelessly in love with her. She's all I want, even if it means giving up everything."
The untouchable young heir of the Simmons family,
brought to his knees by love.
Broken by it.
And now,
all I could feel was the warmth of his tears soaking through my shoulder, the sound of his voice pressing against something heavy in my chest, a tightness climbing my throat. Then a noise came from the entryway. I let out a quiet breath and said only this to Justin.
"Someone's here."
"What the hell are you two doing?!"
Odette Fox was standing in the doorway, her scream tearing through the room.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
Justin went rigid against me. I looked up and met Odette's face, and I smiled.
"Can't you tell?"
"We're legally married. I don't think I need to report to you."
"Louisa!"
Justin and Odette spoke at the same time.