Henley
Sitting in my bedroom alone, I brushed the tears from my face, wondering what in the world I was doing. Was I doing the right thing by marrying Declan? I knew that if I was going to back out, now was the time. But then again, I would be back to square one again with no way to repay Ari and Grayson or my mother. And Maxwell would insist on paying for my college in the fall, even though I wouldn't want him to.
But if I went through with this, with marrying Declan, I would have to develop thick skin. I couldn't wear my feelings on my sleeve, wanting a man to love me if he didn't. Well, from here on out, I wasn't going to beg. If he grew to love me, then fine. But in the meantime, I would do what we had agreed upon, but I wouldn't lay my heart open for him. If I was going to survive D
