Chapter 9

• Chapter 9
• Author's POV
• Dorothy watched Salem disappear around the corner, but the unfamiliar scent still lingered in her mind. She could have let him go. Their marriage had never been built on affection, and she had learned not to expect explanations for his absences. Yet there was a difference between respecting an arrangement and allowing someone to make a fool of her. Salem had dismissed her too quickly, and that alone made her suspicious.