EMMELINE
Seeing that red-headed beauty coming into the tent looking for Amari did something to me. My heart ached at the thought of her being his girlfriend or wife.
Was I jealous? But why would I be, if we have just become friends?
When he invited me for breakfast, I rejected it with the excuse that I was not hungry, but in reality, I didn’t feel like going with them. It felt awkward for a moment and if it wasn’t for Freddie who convinced me to go, I would have kept my word.
“If you guys are going for breakfast without me, you got another thing coming,” Freddie said just as he looked at Tory with a soft gaze, making her blush.
“Oh, my manners. I’m Freddie, the owner of this circus and good friend of Amari,” he added, extending his hands to shake hers.
“Tory, nice meeting you. A
