Stolen Glances
Category: Romance
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
The end.