“NO.”
I had never declined anything faster than that. My voice was stern and it should leave no room for arguments, but something told me Almon would find a hole to step in it.
“No?” The latter echoed.
“No. I said no. Do you want to hear it in another language?”
“Do you speak another tongue?”
I clenched my jaw. “Well, no, but that’s not the point.”
I could have sworn I saw Almon smiling a little. It must have been a trick of the light. “Then, I understand what you said. I just do not understand why you say it. Do you mean to refuse my proposal in marriage?”
“I am not having another marriage with someone I don’t want, Almon. Screw this. I would rather die.”
“You would rather face death than marry me?” Oh, the things I could say and do to break his ego. But I had other more important
