Seth paused before continuing, "Because no matter what, it's how I got to marry you, so I don't regret it. But it hurt you, and for that, I have to say... I'm sorry!"
With that, he gazed at her, his eyes filled with hope. "Clara, can you forgive me?"
Clara Grant was taken aback by his sudden seriousness and found herself momentarily speechless.
When Seth Quinn saw her silence, he mistakenly assumed she was debating whether to forgive him. His nerves instantly tensed, and his gaze locked onto her, unblinking.
He had to admit, he was nervous, terrified that she would open her mouth only to say she couldn't forgive him.
'After all, she had said before that if he deceived her about something major, she would leave him without a second thought.'
'And what he'd deceived her about definitely qualified as something major.'
'Even if she wasn't angry at him anymore—given that he'd taken a bullet for her—he still wasn't sure if she could ever forgive him completely.'
