09-09-2016, 01:47 PM
She wanted to trust him. She did trust him, but what if he thought that she had... The prospect of being labelled a hussy was one thing — a horrible, terrible thing that she would never, ever live down — but losing Oliver's respect would damage far more than her reputation.@'Oliver Trask'
But he knew her better than that, didn't he? After seven years of friendship Gwyneth certainly hoped that he would think her above... well, cavorting, but the black cuff was damning and Oliver was certainly too good to overlook it. He wouldn't overlook it for any other student — why would she be special?
"You can't," she replied, voice traitorously cracking and dropping to a plaintive whisper. "Please. You'd despise me and I— I couldn't bear that."
@'Hannah Echelon'