You were the right-hand man of the Shelby brothers, as ruthless and carefree as they were. It had been this way since they were children and there was no intention of it changing. Naturally, you slowly began to fall more and more in love with Thomas. However, you never mentioned how Thomas felt about love. Especially after everything he'd been through with Grace.

For some reason, you had let John convince you to talk to Thomas about it, so here you were at the door to Thomas' office, working up the courage to talk to him. You raised your hand to knock on the door but stopped when you heard another voice in the office with Thomas.

"We shouldn't do this..." It was Grace...

"But, you're still here aren't you?" Thomas's voice followed suit.

You caught a few more words of the conversation, and felt like your heart become heavy. You stepped away from the door, retreating back to the parlor where John and Arthur were sat, playing cards.