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"Corowled beneath his breath "You've surely had enough time to make up your mind by now"

She hesitated, pressing her lips together

"There was a wedding, Kurt, but it isn't really a e"

"What are you trying to say?" He looked at her skeptically

"We have separate roo her chin with a trace of defiance as she flushed self-consciously

"Rolt? My brother? He agreed to this?" Kurt frowned incredulously

"He's waiting for me to come to him" She hooked a curl behind her ear

"So far you haven't," he said, yetto put a question mark at the end

"How could I—" The rest of the sentence remained in her throat It should have finished with "—when I love you," but Alanna couldn't get the words out

Her gaze desperately sought Kurt's face, trying to find the attraction she had once felt Noas the faint resemblance to Rolt that stirred her senses She looked quickly away, blinking at the tears burning her eyes

Kurt's hand touched her shoulder, gripping it gently to turn her toward hi on hers The burning ardor of his kiss ignited only a gentle flame of emotion, not the powerful passion that Rolt's kisses sparked Her lashes re her disappoint with Kurt It wasn't fair of her to hurt him more

"It isn't there, is it?" he said quietly "What we once had," he added

Alanna shook her head, keeping her chin lowered, as she acknowledged that he was right She heard the regret in his voice and shared it

"To be honest, Alanna," Kurt continued quietly, "that last week I thought so from me each time I held you in my arms That's why I was so ready to believe that you had been seeing Rolt on the side It was easier so you because you didn't love me It doesn't make sense, I know, but—that's the way I felt"

"I'm sorry, Kurt," she ht I did"