If being left alone in an empty house on the second day of her wedding by her husband had already made Hannah Hargrave feel wronged and unwilling to accept it, then seeing Nicholas Croft come back only to start packing his clothes into a suitcase made her even more panicked and uneasy.
She stood beside Nicholas, clutching his arm, and asked in a fright, "Nicholas, where are you going? A business trip? Some event? How come I didn't get any notice about it…"
Hannah's grip on his arm interfered with Nicholas's packing. He flung her off and snapped impatiently, "Get lost!"
Hannah was thrown off balance and stumbled, but instead of getting angry, she clung to him again, lightly holding onto his arm as she cried, "Nicholas, don't treat me like this. We're husband and wife. When you act like this, it really hurts me…"
