“Thank you for coming. Honestly, after I so rudely forced my request on Miss Humble, I was worried I might have been too discourteous. I even thought Miss Somerset might not show up.”
Evan paused briefly there, then smiled brightly—a smile that would have made anyone watching feel at ease.
“I’m relieved. To be honest, I was prepared to wait until the shop closed.”
Evan said it lightly, as if it were a joke, tugging up the corners of his mouth. But Jacqueline knew it wasn’t entirely a joke.
He really would have waited until the shop closed.
The sincerity pressing toward her felt heavier than usual today. Perhaps because it was a feeling she could not return.
Her own feelings and Evan’s feelings.
Jacqueline, carrying both, could only feel burdened. And Evan, who had given his feelings to her, could only feel light as if he might float away.…
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