Nicky Enderson pursued him to the main door, then circled in front of Luna, impeding her progress.
She fixed her gaze on him. "Do you have anything further to say?"
"It's my time to ask you this question. Do you really need to explain things to me?"
"I have nothing to say."
"Are you making fun of your own life, Luna? How many times have I already told you this? Wills Waltson does not permit that, so why do you consistently disobey me?"
"Why am I unable to be with him? At the very least, he and his family will not harm me. Inside, he is much warmer than they are."
"You can't possibly be... You couldn't possibly have fallen for him, could you?"
"Am I ineligible to like him?" She gazed at him with her head elevated. "We are both single. On what grounds am I ineligible? Just because I'm an illegitimate daughter of the Endersons? Just because your family was feuding with the Waltsons?