Something more?
Royce could not even begin to absorb what he had just said.
“You’ve brought me here to replace your wife?!”
She spoke before she could even think of a better way to say what she had. Truth be told, she wasn’t sure that she would have chosen something less blunt at this point. Royce was starting to wonder if Katya was right.
“Well,” he sheepishly chuckled. “Surely, saying it that way could make it sound worse than it actually is.”
“You…you’re not serious! There is…absolutely no way that you can make this sound better than what it is. And even if you could, I’m not sure that this is a situation where that is even justified.”
Maquand sighed. “I know that this looks bad, Royce,” he said to her. “The truth of the matter is, it is not like that at all. We…Abigail and mysel
