Chapter 49

• POV: Richard
• The crowd was still cheering outside, their voices a dull roar in the background, but I wasn’t listening anymore. My pulse pounded in my ears, drowning out everything except the one thing I couldn’t get out of my head—Bella’s smile.
• Anyone would think she was happy with this arrangement but I knew the truth, her smile had a cold edge to it and it was clearly obvious to me that she rather be anywhere but there.