, feeling an intense

humor. "Then tell me, Ellie, how do you pl

bed

ies

f his words made

bound to such r

embarrassment with

with Erick? Yet here she

sability," Kaiden said, his voice tinged w

d deeper, her eyes

less in his chara

me," he

"I can... try to learn... to do whate

s facade, seemed unlikely to engage

g her abruptly. He noticed the red

woman, he complained t

ed smile, said, "I'm very much looking

darkened as he

ided to let her stay and

ver, swayed. Her vision gre

lt disoriented, her hand

est room adjace

er medicine, cocooned herself in

her, a moment of

t avoided; antagoniz

etended disability. Curiosity,

e was woken up by i

small warehouse on the first floor concerning your dowr

by the Gordon family, but her instincts

, the air was he

r, an object in his hand, e

. T

ng

her sentence, Kaiden abrup

ks do you have up your sleeve,

s contents scattering

tive lingerie and sever

Ellie crouched

ng concoctions purportedly for conceiving a

items were an appalling inclus

o share my bed and bear my child

nsult, composed herself and stood. "Mr. Thor

d with a sardonic laugh, gesturing

she approached the bo

and Erick, a heart-shaped necklace, and severa

gh

her cheeks, forcing her to look

e an insult to Kaiden, a gestu

e harboring another man'

ordons arranged

to clarify

would seem like

llie lowere

d slightly. "

been more mindfu

ception of h

ce had faded, repla

y wife. Don't assume you've secure

warni

ack of influence in the Thorpe family, Kaiden's status as J

den wasn't actually disabled, t

as discarded from Mo

the supposed tokens of affect

Demi's

ne to access the dowry