Ques: How is married life?
Antony: Heaven, absolute heaven.
Amelia: A little intense heaven.
Ques: Antony, this is for you. Are you still in love with Matilda?
Antony: Do I really have to answer this? She wrote off my slave contract 3 years back. I can't spend another year like that.
Amelia: Seeing you couldn't answer, nothing has changed then. I was too lenient in treating a slave.
Antony: Do you even have a charitable bone in your body? I was joking.
Amelia: Your jokes don't seem funny to me.
Antony: No, I don't love Matilda in the way a man would love a woman. But, I do love Mathila as I love Marcus.
Ques: Amelia, why did you forgive Antony so easily?
Antony: She forgave me easily? I was her slave for 10 years. She worked me to the bones.
Amelia: So you lived in hell that's what you are telling me.
Antony: No, that's not what I meant.
Amelia: What did you mean "worked me to the bones", you are telling the world I mistreated you. I never asked you to be my slave. You dig yourself up in shit and you keep complaining.
Antony: I am sorry, I misspoke. I am happy and grateful you forgave and accepted me even though I hurt you deeply.
Amelia: I was not angry for you to seek forgiveness. You never promised me flowers and love. But I won't deny I was disappointed when you sprout nonsense.
Antony: I am sorry, Amelia, I would do better, I will be a good husband who never disappoints you.
Ques: Antony, did you ever confess your love?
Antony: Yes, I have through my actions but not in mere words.
Amelia: He is just using fancy words to say he is a coward. How he was awarded the Victorian cross is beyond me.
Antony: What about you then? You never confessed either. What does that make you, an egotist!
Amelia: But you are the fool who loves this egotist.
Antony: So you know that I love you, see words are not necessary.
Amelia: Is this your confession, because it is as lame as you.
Antony: And, you do love this lame person, that is all that counts in the end.
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Star crossed
Historical FictionAmelia Advent's sole objective in life is to make her father Nicholas Advent miserable. He must suffer as much as he made her mother suffer. Her fate disposes of her ambitions as she is forced to marry Antony Bennet. Everyone says he is kind, hones...
