Chapter 17 Cost Of Defiance
- Edith's POV:
- I couldn't breathe. My heart pounded so violently that it felt like my chest was going to burst. How did I end up here?
- I had thought the dress would be enough to push him away. The deep neckline, the slits that revealed more of me than I'd ever dared to show. But I had hoped... God, I had hoped it would be enough for him to loathe me and maybe even finally cancel the marriage proposal.