"If you took another woman to bed, you would only have one thing to apologize for, and that would be for the hurt it would cause me to lose you to someone else." Because she did know him, and if he took a woman to bed, it would be because he loved her, and no other reason. "But you didn't take River to bed, and you were as stricken as I by the realization of what you'd done. I'll accept your regrets for a moment of pain inadvertently caused, but I'm afraid I can't accept an apology." She did wish that had come out lighter than it had, but she supposed, under the circumstances, it couldn't be expected, not even from her.
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Date: 2017-02-22 07:37 pm (UTC)