You’ve Never Experienced True Love

Kira decided to shut up. She was afraid she might say something unpleasant if she opened her mouth again. Each person was entitled to their own opinions. It wasn’t her place to lecture a woman she’d just met, no matter how badly she wanted to. Connelly seemed to understand the meaning of Kira’s silence. She smiled. ‘Do you think I’m wrong?’ ‘N-no, I, uh, I don’t think…’ ‘Then you have not experienced true love. If you had, you would understand how I feel, and you would agree with me.’ Kira thought about it. How would she feel if she were in Miss Connelly’s shoes? What if she fell in love with Austyn, only to learn he was already married? Kira tried to visualise that scenario. She shook her head. Even if the man she loved was already married, she would not do what Miss Connelly did. She wouldn’t wish to break up a marriage, no matter how much she loved that man. She couldn’t do that. She would…bow out. Kira was confident that she could survive without a man. Love was supposed to make yo