Edith made it easy to overlook the absurdity in her words: the man she had chosen to believe had been the one lying to her. But Thomas barely noticed the connection. What he did saw instead was a woman who believed in him to be something bigger than he was. He hoped to be everything she could see. O how he had wanted to be the baronet everyone saw in him. Rich, warm and charming. But he had been denied to be that person.
"And then he hated the one you did accept," he said quietly.