A Gentle Exception

Scenes from the past flashed across her mind and tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn’t understand what was in her mind then that she didn’t see through the man earlier.

She had no one to depend on. Isolated and helpless, she had only herself.

Looking at Cleo who was tearing up with her reddened eyes in his arms, Vaughn thought it was because she was feeling exceedingly uncomfortable or afraid