"Please hear me out!" Mark pleaded with Miranda.

　　Miranda stood over him, glaring at him angrily. She couldn't believe Mark would say such a thing to her despite knowing how much pain she was enduring being in Douglas's space.

　　"How can you think of doing this sort of thing to your cousin?" She blurted.

　　"Don't get me wrong, Miranda. I know this isn't the right thing to say. But you know it's almost the same as you have been living with him for months. ...