"What do you want to talk about?" Charlotte Miller hugged the blanket and managed to squeeze out the words, her lashes cast down to hide all the sorrow she didn't want anyone to see.
She didn't want Atlas Hallow to see her like this.
She loved this man, yet that love couldn't suppress the hatred she felt for him.
She hated that he once wanted her to be a surrogate for another woman; she hated that he used all his tenderness on her, making her unable to extricate herself; she hated that he made her love without dignity, love so humbly; she hated that he made her never dare to believe in love again.
Among all this hatred, the most painful was how a few words from him broke her heart and caused her to lose their child.
It was her own carelessness, but the instigators of it all were Atlas Hallow and Hailey Hill.
She no longer wanted to think about what once was between those two, nor what their relationship was now; just the thought of it made her feel like vomiting.
