Chapter 14 The Million-dollar Offer
- Tessa's POV
- Alaric's gaze never left mine, steady and far too tender for the man the world painted as a tyrant.
- "I knew you weren't happy in Ashford," he said, his voice low, unshakable. "I knew Jasper was betraying you with Bianca. That's why I chose Bianca at first. That's why I allowed the rumors about curses and cruelty to spread. I wanted her to retreat. I wanted you to see the truth."