A Plagiarised Love Poem

Instead of feeling touched, all Kira felt was disgust. Just because he might have turned over a new leaf—a claim Kira strongly doubted, she had to forgive and forget? And he was expecting more than just forgiveness. He wanted her to reciprocate his feelings. Liam’s behaviour gave Kira a new understanding of the word ‘shameless.’ ‘You asked me out several times despite my repeated rejection,’ Kira said coldly, ‘knowing full well I’m Austyn’s wife. You flirted with me brazenly. In confessing your love for me, you’re trying to wreck my marriage and make me an adulteress. Is this what you call love?’ Kira drew herself up to her full height. ‘You said you’re serious about your feelings for me. You said you’d changed. But even your confession of love is plagiarised. Do you think I didn’t recognise the poem from Elizabeth Browning?’ Kira matched his frosty look with one of her own. ‘What on earth do you want from me? You want me to fall for you so you can take revenge on Austyn? Is that it? O