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May 12 - May 18, 2021
I took a step in his direction, intent on asking him these questions and more, but he faded into the shadows and disappeared for good.
Coward!
“I still choose you even with your shortcomings, Cresswell.”
Shortcomings?! What shortcomings?!
“I’m in favor of hiding in your chamber for the remainder of the week.” A smile twitched across his lips as I raised a brow. “Drinking, kissing, debauching ourselves until we arrive in New York.”
All in favour? 🤤
“You won’t find a better teacher.” “But I may find a less arrogant one.”
She ain't wrong
“I love when you look at me that way.” I searched his eyes. “How?” “Like you might possibly love me in the same extraordinary way that I love you.”
Thomas upping the bar for men to the moon at this point...
“Miss Audrey Rose Wadsworth, conqueror of my soul—you are an absolute fiend. You’d like to flout tradition simply because of your need for my body.”
You can't blame her really! Have you looked in the mirror and seen yourself?!
When you look at me the way you are now, my virtue is perilously close to corruption. And I’ve never been a very pious man, Wadsworth.”
Carnivals were in the business of selling tickets and creating spectacles. Not murdering patrons.
Be a good cover though 🤔
“He wants something from you. I’m not sure what, but my best guess is it’s not for anything good. Whatever his motivations, they are strictly for his benefit or the carnival’s. And if he hurts you…”
“He will neither harm me, nor come between us, Cresswell. I don’t care what sort of illusion he tries casting. My heart is yours, no sleight of hand will steal it.”
You better mean this or I'll kick your arse so hard you'll end up on the moon 🙄
“Be cautious with who you give your heart to. And be even more wary of those who seek to steal it.”
Basically: Stay the eff away from Mephistopheles 🙄
“You know… smaller-sized humans who spit up on things and require an indecent amount of attention until they’re grown?
They still require just as much attention once they are grown 😪😂
“Anyway, it’s always interesting to see you again, Mr. Cresswell, but if you’ll excuse us, I need to speak with your”—he purposely stared down at my empty ring finger—“friend, isn’t it?”
Little piece of... 🤬🤬
“We promised we’d never lie to each other.”
And here we are...
“Or—most likely—are you simply enjoying the trouble you’ve caused between me and Thomas?”
Yes, that's exactly what he's doing 🙄
At the rate Liza and I were going, we’d both end up in adjacent cells in the asylum.
I'd say there's worse places to be but I'd be wrong 😂
“Is that jealousy I detect? There’s plenty of me for everyone, Miss Wadsworth. Though if you’d like to be my one and only, we might need to address the Cresswell situation. Once I’ve committed myself, I do not enjoy sharing.”
I will tear you a new one if you rip those two apart more than you already have 🤬
“My issue is with you parading about this ship, pretending as if you’re interested in me in front of my performers,
YOU WANTED HER TO DO THAT YOU PIECE OF VILE GARBAGE 🤬
but nowhere in our agreement did I mention flirting or staring at me when you think I’m not looking.
HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE MAKE OTHERS BELIEVE THEY WANT MORE?!
His mouth hovered over mine, sharing breath but not touching. Not yet… “I’ve thought about doing this all week,” he whispered against my lips.
AUDREY ROSE WADSWORTH YOU WILL REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW OR I WILL THROW YOU OVERBOARD
“Swords, secrets, and stolen kisses.” His eyes flashed with delight. “You speak the language of my complicated heart, Wadsworth. I am a very lucky man.”
If he finds out what she just did it'll break his heart 😭
“Come on, Cresswell. We’ve got a chamber to investigate.”
The chamber of secrets has been open...
“I meant what I said about you being free,” he said, voice barely above a whisper. “If there’s a chance you might be… if you think your heart—” He blinked quickly enough that any hint of wetness was gone before I could be certain. He cleared his throat. “I won’t ever tell you who to choose or which path to take. But I would ask that you tell me one thing; do you have feelings for him?”
My heart just broke 😭😭😭💔💔
“If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.”
Cries, sobs, painfully grabs heart and tears it out
“I love you, Wadsworth. No matter what or who you choose, I always will.” He leaned in and pressed his lips to my cheek.
I have created a new ocean with my tears 😭
please stop. I—I love him.”
Justice is only given to the powerful, and that’s not really justice, is it?”
He does have a valid point
And while imagining life without the magic and easy smiles of Mephistopheles was a little sad, thinking of a world without Thomas Cresswell was unbearable. I could no more walk away from him than I could abandon my heart and still live.
FUCKING FINALLY SHE REALISES
“Farewell, Miss Wadsworth. It has been an absolute pleasure. Until we meet again.”
My heart stopped, cracked, broke and shattered 😭
