Chapter 83. The Cost

He still held her hand even though her thumbprint had registered in the system. And she didn’t pull away. It was little interactions like this that gave him some hope – like a teenage boy whose crush had replied to that special text message.

But he was never one to fawn over women. It wasn’t worth it. He cast her hand away. “You don’t seem to enjoy wearing your ring.”

“It’s not that I don’t enjoy it.” She pushed her glasses closer to her face. “It’s more that the ring is so expensive that I don’t just want to wear it carelessly.”

“Who said anything about the ring being expensive?”

“Didn’t you see the size of the diamond?” She eyed him. “Anyways, I just came straight from the hospital to this place.”

Andrew turned his back to her. “Do well to wear the ring. At least, it would give my brother the impression that you’re actually marrying him for love.”

She came around and stood in front of him, her red hair flying out behind her. “You said you wouldn