Modern Romance December 2025 Books 1-4 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2025-11-21T14:01:11+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

IN ROMANTIC STORIES I love you was the catalyst for an answering declaration of love. The cue for a happy ending.

Good thing you’re not really a romantic, isn’t it?

Because instead Fotis stared, his mouth dropping open, before he shot to his feet and stalked away. Any faint hope that her announcement would prompt a similar one from him died.

He spun around, scowling down at her, that furrowed brow a perfect match for the dragon she’d drawn. Yet he didn’t look angry so much as perplexed. Stunned.

‘You really didn’t know?’

She wanted to stand and face him as an equal but her legs were wobbly, so she was stuck here, staring up at him.

Just as well. If you were on your feet you’d reach for him.

Would he feel that spark of passion ignite now? Rosamund had always believed it was something they shared equally. But could it be one-sided, like her feelings?

‘It’s not love, Rosa. It’s sex. And liking. You’ve been through a stressful time. Your emotions are—’

‘Don’t try to tell me what I’m feeling, Fotis.’

She loved him but he tried her patience. Was he wilfully blind? Did he really not feel this?

She forced her breathing to slow. ‘I mean what I say. I’m not prone to romantic dreams. Remember, I grew up knowing the reality behind the fairy-tale fantasy. Then my teenage love affair cured me of such yearnings.’

Or so she’d believed.

Rosamund read the sharp planes of his face—they looked harsher than usual—and felt herself melt. Even angry with him, she didn’t want him hurting. She stifled a desperate sob at the inanity of that. She was the one in mortal pain.

‘I didn’t mean to fall in love with you, but I have. It’s real, what I feel for you.’

He raised his hand to stop her words. ‘But I told you. I made it clear that I don’t do long-term relationships. I can’t.’

‘You did make it clear and I agreed because that was all I expected. I wasn’t looking for love.’ Her voice cracked. ‘I thought that was for other people, not me.’

She’d never said it before, even to herself, but she’d felt she didn’t deserve love. It was only with Fotis that she’d realised, despite her outward confidence, at heart she’d never felt good enough.

That was part of the reason she loved him. He’d made her feel strong and confident as no one had since her mother. He’d challenged her, fought with her, then cared for and supported her. He didn’t belittle, he expected her to shine. He raised her up until she felt she could take on the world as she’d always told herself. Look how he’d just engaged with her about her work. He’d encouraged her, yet all the time…

Her throat jammed as pain overtook her. Finally she found the strength to surge from her seat.

Instead of closing the gap, she planted her feet, grounding herself as waves of anguish battered her.

‘Emotions can’t be controlled by rules, Fotis. My feelings for you sneaked up before I realised what was happening.

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