Chapter 55 Bad At Kissing

• Emily had no choice but to wear the gown.
• She didn't want to—every part of her screamed against it—but Charles wasn't the type of man you defied without consequences. If she refused, he would make sure she regretted it. His control over her fate was suffocating, unshakable.
• Her fingers trembled as she pulled the dress over her body, the weight of it pressing down like chains. It was beautiful—painfully so—but to her, it was nothing more than an execution robe.