#Chapter 35: The Answer Is No

Amber’s POV My loud no might have been ruder than I had intended it to be. I hadn’t meant to hurt Roman’s feelings. He had always been a good friend to me, and I wasn’t treating him very kindly by acting like marrying him would be the worst thing in the world. It wouldn’t, even though I didn’t love him that way. And I knew he only offered, just as he only pretended to be Alice’s real father, for our benefit. Ever since I was pulled from the waters after that plane crash, he had wanted to protect me. I knew, even misguided, that he meant no harm now. But with Alice on edge, I was on edge too. It made it difficult to see things from his perspective right now. Instead, I was angry that he had brought Alice out here for this, confusing her with all this talk of paternity, and pushing her to her limits when he knew more than almost anyone else how fragile she could be. He had good intentions, I knew, but Alice was still caught in the middle here. At the same time, I could also s