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That was it... he didn't want to marry her. She knew it. He was just... content with living with her so he never had to REALLY commit. She wasn't sure how she felt about that. She grudgingly took the kleenex and wiped her eyes in vain. More tears spilled and she hugged Rufus with one arm.
She finally looked at him, messed up face covered in tear stains now. "You just want to live with me... and be together, but you can't even say the WORD, Stradivarius Salander. Are you afraid that one day you will realize how difficult I am... that I am not worth the effort anymore... and that way you can leave with no big production?" she squeaked out through sobs.
See. She KNEW she wasn't worth it. They knew it... and one day he would too.
Rufus clung to Lexi and petted the side of her face lovingly. Gah. Mean boy making his mistress cry.
He met her gaze, his eyes reflecting the hurt in the untruth of her words. Untruth except for one.
"Lexi...." he started then paused, struggling to steady his voice and force back the moistness from his own eyes
"...despite the horrors in your life there was one thing you were still fortunate to have seen, you saw how that WORD kept your parents together until they met their end." Then dropping to a near whisper he added
"That WORD did nothing to keep my parents together. It did nothing to keep the unhappiness and the resentment from spreading. All it did was create victims and monsters." He squeezed her hand and pressed his lips together sadly before adding
"Unfortunately that WORD isnt a guarantee for a happily ever after Lexi."
For a moment he looked away at the antics of the students all over the Great Hall, and for the first time since his return to England, a small smile crept up his lips. Yes, this place has always made things better for him. Then he shifted his eyes and gazed into his Luv
"I always believed that you make your own happiness. Imagine what we'd have if theres two of us who believes in that."