There was nothing at all regarding the pains of betrayal for her over the next few days. He’d come and apologized to her while she’d been sitting in her study room, stating a simple “I’m sorry, there is no excuse for that invitation and the way it was worded.”
He tilted her chin up to make her look at him, when she simply wouldn’t acknowledge his words or his presence. “But giving me the silent treatment is childish Nora. Just talk to me, use your words to state how you feel. I can’t understand silence. I’m also too old to want to deal with that kind of behavior from you. We are Mates and, clearly, we need to communicate better.”
She’d just stared at him, uncaringly, and he sighed, “I’d cancel her party if it wasn’t this weekend and everything wasn’t already paid for. Please attend it w
