[ She starts to shake her head but aborts the movement. Her mouth tightens as she looks down at her own hands, now folded loosely together on the table. Whatever goodwill she had started to feel toward him dissipates like vapor.
She was open to the idea that he did feel something for Philippa. That it was complicated. That it was intense. Not that it was love. Even having accepted the distance between their respective definitions of that word, she won't hear that. ]
Loved in the past tense. [ He didn't love her still. He didn't lose her while he still loved her. ]
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Date: 2026-02-03 02:35 am (UTC)She was open to the idea that he did feel something for Philippa. That it was complicated. That it was intense. Not that it was love. Even having accepted the distance between their respective definitions of that word, she won't hear that. ]
Loved in the past tense. [ He didn't love her still. He didn't lose her while he still loved her. ]