Chapter Six
Amanda heard the door shut behind Jeremiah and looked through the pictures again. She stood there with tears rolling down her cheeks and suddenly felt hands slide up her arms. She knew instantly it was Romeo. She turned around and went into his arms. She cried like the day she lost her parents as he held her and rubbed his hands down her back.
“Shih, it will be okay. I am here, as well as my family, and we will not let anything happen to you,” he comforted quietly as he kissed her temple.
Her sniffles finally quieted. “What if you were not told to marry me? Would you still want me? I mean, it seems that you have been pushed into this as well.” It seemed like a fair question.
He chuckled. “My dear, I have been watching you since I was a boy. There was nobody else for me. I h
