Chapter 36

Paige was startled by that question, and her face revealed the surprise. She hadn't been expecting something like this. Flavia sighed.   

"It's alright if you don't want to tell me. I already know you love him why else will you be crying like that if you don't." She waved her hand in the air. 

And Paige wanted to tell her everything. This one-sided love was killing her. She wanted to bear her heart open to someone else other than Naomi. 

So she bit her lips and murmured, "Yes, although I don't think he loves me as I love him." She wasn't exactly lying, only that she wasn't entirely being truthful. 

As she watched, a frown appeared on Flavia's face. 

"Goodness me, did he say that? Or is it the way he acted that made you think like that?" 

"I…I can't really say," Paige murmured. 

From across her, the older woman stared at her with patient eyes, then smiled, and leaned forward. "Then have you let him know