nt after her paren

ble, in the green dress that showed her scar, wit

e had just threatened to break her mother's hand. No

," he said witho

I'm

. You look like

to toe. Not with love. With assessment. Like

r. "In this house, you don't say you are

a nodded

twenty-two years hiding it because they told you it was ugly. In my house,

es

, wh

. Mr.

o call me Ethan in this r

o,

y i

. Et

oo

He poured himself wine, not for her. He was cold ag

he asked, swirling his wine. His voice was ba

a's hear

n you. That diamond is mine. That dress is mine. If your mot

ly, like she was a

eyes. "So... so y

her calling you defective makes my family look bad. That is

ore than her mothe

eyes dropped to her hands. They were

ngue, annoyed. "Y

uit jacket, and threw it at

. You lo

It smelled like him. She wrapped it around

is diamond, looking small and lost. "You don't leave this mansion without my permission. Yo

e whispered. "I h

ou are l

od up.

he

ou don't sleep i

ned. "But you said... yo

se I didn't want the maids to gossip that my bride sleeps on the floor on her weddi

so simply

rom Chapter 2. This was the

autiful. Pink, white, soft. A real girl's room. Not black and grey like his. There was

"Don't touch anything in

aring his jacket over her green dress, looking at the b

the door, a

n," she cal

, didn't t

y books for me? If I a

le

ou read in the attic by a crack of light. That you like stories. A wife of mine who cannot

n again. N

d a soft lock click from outside. He

bed and finally cried. Qui

is shirt and threw his phone on the couch. His knuckles

Sienna's boyfriend. He is in a hotel in

er soft crying through the wall. "Let him cheat. Let Sienna enjoy her freedom for a few more weeks. When she is brok

listening to Seraphina cry in t

good on her. That the green dress with her scar

he d

n to be strong. And a weak Mrs. Vance

is cruel. It is