ck, Isaac initially a

gested we sleep in separate rooms and

son entirely, mocking my concerns and the

arranged marriage for family allianc

ruly was and stopped concerning myself with

dn't love him; I would give

father and son were boun

d because the influential Reed fami

ose a divorce, the Re

I didn't want a

rsistence seem

aac's wish and f

court, I asked Nick whom

y's hand, his face

ing a divorce? Does that m

year-old know the me

smiling at me, but her sm

erfere in your marriage with I

, have your own. What skill is

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glaringly c

er, his expression

ick, "Soon, we'll be able to li

d his hands

ll we always li

c no

abou

n as he coldly said, "From now on, you only have Lucy as yo

hed up his

orced, you can't stop me from visiting him, nor can you fo

to reach such an extent that he wouldn

was Nick's choice and partly because I believed the

d always bee

loved Lucy, he couldn't marry

ively, but his words w

call 'Mom, ' he will. Conversely, if I forb

hamel

t Lucy quickly scooped him up, hiding behind Is

over Nick was somethin