Her Stepmother Sent Her to the Duke as a Joke – He Offered Her a Chair Before He Said a Word

incredibly tired.

“I didn’t ask you to do that,” Norah said, her voice raspy, stripped of its usual calm logic.

Alistair turned his head. “I know.”

“You bought her debts. You bought her.” Norah’s throat felt tight, a bitter taste rising on her tongue. “Which means, by proxy, you bought me. I am no longer a hostage to her cruelty; I am a hostage to your continue reading …