Price of Happiness — Yvonne Whittal

It was a simple lie
But he doubted her

Tessa stared at Matthew's unrelenting face.

"It alters everything." he exclaimed furiously. "Everything between us has been destroyed by your deliberate deceit."

She had known he'd be angry but surely if he truly loved her the problem would not have been insurmountable. Didn't he know how much she dreaded the life he was sending her back to?

Hero: Matthew Craig
Heroine: Theresa "Tessa" Ashton-Smythe (Tessa Smith)