"I'm sorry for you, Nicola," Domenico said. "Leo is not the man for you. I warned you at the start, but you wouldn't listen. You're obstinate and willful."

His words struck like icy pebbles and Nicola winced. How he must dislike and despise her!

What was the point of arguing with him? He would only believe what he wanted to believe. And it was better for him to think she loved Leo than to suspect she loved him!