PTE

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to get

ight? It was bad enough that she was talking to m

ha

a lump down her thro

to get

't help

you c

al day, an Astor and a King would not be seen within two miles of each other, when we did attend the same events, we sat as far from each other as the venue would a

nd allowed h

y me off to Baron.

wondering why any of

nd

not going

ings work. Aren't you twenty? Your parents were kind e

I know you're heartless but, Baron... really? You wo

Now imagine how much less I care about you. So I should th

head back and

u want to pretend as

tabs on me? No, information like that was an open secret. Everyb

d frankly, I think I have had

ders, leaned into my ear to yell as this was t

ther you got

Without a word, I grabbed her by the wrist, pushed past Shelly

speakers, we could talk better, and I co

ked flu

as no way she would say such an outrageous thing to her father, becau

sh I

g to believe her. "Okay.

you, I am not goi

I, an Astor, got yo

erate, and

so relieved when he fi

br

ast I want to hear of

d which, as very good children, we have inherited. Some of the deaths that have happened within our circle in the last decade, I can bet my inheritance that they relate directly to the feud. It all goes back to an argument between my greatgrandfather, Jacob Astor and Henr

d was the type of guy who would hit you in a fit of laughter. Bridgette on the other hand was tall, slender, and beautiful with a constant facial expression that made you wonder where her mind was. She spoke little and one could not recall a time where she had laughed in public. They were an

ence behind me, and my interactants' eyes acknowledged the presence of someone. T

n friends and they responded with

I hel

utiful couple,

f I even wanted to, I furrowed

a? I expected t

aken too seriously. Adline had married into the family and was not a descendant of Henry King, so she would be seen as

repared myself to speak to two Kings in two day

?" She had a mocking look on her f

did you h

ur bethrot

reassert dominance

the impression that you can

ya, said something yesterday, a

emembering yesterday's conversa

shame upon our family," She sai

ard some gasps around but I refused to make eye contact with the onlookers. Why didn't I just separate myself from her immediately? That would cause a bigger s

true, then." Adl

eard mysel

of my eye. I turned and stared b

have