“But that doesn’t mean you stop trying, right?” Susan pressed on, her eyes filled with a hopeful innocence.
As Susan’s words resonated in the room, Meirah felt a surge of questions bubbling up inside her. She wanted to ask to confirm if what she was seeing in Lucian’s eyes was indeed a reflection of her own concealed feelings. “How can you tell he...?” she began, her voice trailing off as she realized the inappropriateness of interrogating her younger sister on such a complex matter.
Realizing she was asking something meaningless she stopped talking to her. She swallowed her words and replaced her expression with a calm and unapproachable look.
Susan seemed to catch Meirah’s hesitant look. She also understood the unspoken question from her trailing words. She giggled softly, a playful g
