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I Choose Us Every Time by Lovelymagnolia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Feb 2026
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You think I do not want your help? I want nothing more! But I want you to help me for the right reasons!”
“You are my wife! I took vows to protect you! What could possibly be a better reason than that?”
Tears sprung to her eyes as she all but shouted, “and that in itself is the problem!”
“You are not making any sense, Penelope!” her husband yelled. “I do not understand you! I am trying to help you and I am still somehow failing you- What do you want from me?!”
“I want you to help because I am me! Not because I am your wife!”
Silence engulfed the room as the words settled in the air between them. All Colin did was look at her, eyes wide, as if she were a painting he was trying to process the meaning of. Penelope wished to speak, but every word she thought to say rose to her throat and lodged itself there, refusing to move even an inch. Finally, in a voice so small she nearly missed it, Colin asked, “what do you mean?”
What if Colin and Penelope reconciled a little earlier in episode 8?