Chapter 25: Childhood Crush (2)
"That was years ago." Madeline quickly cleared his doubt before he misunderstood her reasoning. "I wouldn’t dare to harbor such feelings anymore now that I’m married to you, but I respect him."
Madeline hoped he’d believe her. She only knew Orson when he was about to leave for the military and she was only fifteen at that time. When she turned eighteen, he stopped one of her neighbor’s sons from committing a burglary crime. She saw everything through her window that day and also heard of how nice of a man Orson was.
It was only mutual for her to like someone who had many nice things surrounding his name, but the feeling died when she knew running into someone that important was impossible.
Who knew she’d end up as the wife of his best friend!!!! How did she not know of this??
Cassian on the other hand said nothing to her sincere words, and his eyes narrowed suspiciously. He looked unconvinced as he studied her honest expression and clicked his tongue in annoyance. Hearing her mention his best friend as her longtime crush didn’t settle with him.
Orson, no doubt, had many admirers and he knew. That wasn’t his problem, but he didn’t like the fact his wife was one of Orson’s secret admirers.
"So, have you met with him personally?" Questioned Cassian as he leaned against the window, unwilling to let the matter slide until he was satisfied with the responses he got from Maddie.
The naive Madeline shook her head in a candid manner, "I’ve only seen glances of him when he rode by in his carriage. There was someone who stood outside my window once. I heard he’d be attending the masquerade ball that night, and we made eye contact." Her bright expression suddenly dulled. "But turns out it wasn’t him."
Cassian’s brow arched_ was she referring to the day they made eye contact at her window? No wonder she looked at him in that manner, she mistook him for her ’childhood crush!’