Chapter 176 A Bold Proposal

• Everyone around the table was shocked. They expected more out of me than an elusive sentence. There was a lot to consider, and the weight of my decision would mean peace or war.
• My father was an influential man, and I could survive under his protection. The Ingrams would also protect me, I think. I would survive. If I had to tell my father that I wanted to go home I would go home and that would leave Paul alone.
• Both sides offered me freedom, but I found myself unwilling to leave Paul. The freedom of being Moll far outweighed that of being a daughter in my father’s house again.