Cassidy forced a smile, a practiced one, as she looked up at Dave. His concern was so obvious, but she couldn't bear to add to his burden. "I'm fine," she lied, her voice steady even though her heart was anything but. "Really, I'm okay."
Dave lent out his hand and fixed her hair to the back of her ear. He wasn’t convinced, not for a moment. He could read Cassidy better than anyone, and the tension behind her eyes, the faint quiver in her voice, he knew she wasn’t telling the truth. He felt so guilty doing as she said, and agreeing to marry Mira, wondering if he had made the right decision. Maybe he shouldn’t have agreed to marry Mira. But then again, his business, his family's legacy, was on the line.
Cassidy’s smile widened, almost painfully so, as if she could convince both him and her
