His words caused a surge of rage to bubble up inside Clara Grant. 'What was that supposed to mean? That she'd accepted his gift, so she had no right to still be angry?'
'Did he think a gift could solve everything? He'd lied and practically forced her back here, his ex-fiancée had shown up to make a scene, and not only had he failed to offer a single word of explanation, but he actually had the audacity to frown and act like *she* was the one with the bad temper?!'
'No, no, no, that wasn't the point.' Clara felt she was so angry she couldn't think straight; he was completely derailing her train of thought.
'The point was that the woman he loved was back. Shouldn't he be off rekindling their tragic, passionate romance? Why had he left his beloved to chase after a fake like her?'
