She should have slapped the hell out of him or kicked the living daylight out of him. If she only had known then how to do what she did to Niccolo, she wondered if Joshua would ever show everyone the smile he used to direct at her. Perhaps she could stop anyone from falling for that asshole.
She did not think worse about it after that, or months after. Or years, even. But now that she thinks of it, she feels sick again. But not in disappointment, heartbreak, or misery. She feels the vile rising up to her throat as a result of revulsion with the thought of her really falling in love with that man.
The man has the nerve to say all those things to her when his actions back then purposely led her on. He was only outraged for not getting what he wanted from her. That must have left a huge, n
