Chapter 19
Victoria and Sebastian exchanged a glance, both sharing the same umpoken question. Yet, they i
Reclining in his rocking chai, penghandled her all my life. And Dese, who shares my home no
From the time they were young, Denise haddling to him. Even after she learned his heart belonged to saeseone else, she never gave up, constantly stirring trouble between them with mynty
She spent the better part of her life like this, refusing to marry anyone else. Even as the years passed, the remained just as stubborn and attached to him as she had been in her youth. Eventually, penge tired of the desig–of–war. Realizing he would never be rid of her, he finally pain and agreed to share a life with he
Denise had
completed elementary school. Back then, education was a lusury many couldn’t afford, so the wain’t very knowlerippunde
She could be willful and charp–tongued, but she wasn’t truly wicked. Over the decades they had hard together, she had quietly tended to his beloved zone garden, never once neglecting it.
That evening, Victoria stayed for die betere heading home…
there and called to her about
When she told her parents about the schooling to them, she expected earl, a scolding a harsh as the teachers Instead, they simply sat her dom
elmerships and boxindarie
Penelope her mother–explained that kichhe gally about the opposite sex. As long as
as she understood what was right and won, there i
The next day. Penelope and Aap went to the school
Victoria hadedea what the teachers told them. Iom that incident, she and Sebastian had, in a way, best introduced to each other’s families. Or at least, that was how the IWİL
When Victoria woke up, it was already o’clock in the morning. She had cried berself to sleep the night before, and his dreams had been a refuge she was rett follow. This, she woke
Branding before the martat, the saw that the
what the swelling on her face
con her face had subsided, but the slap mark remained. She decided to stay home for days all could be handled ja as well
fare the marra
During those days, the treated herself to hearty, nutritious meals. If Samuel had hurt her, she would make up for it by taking better care of her sell. After all, the needed to be in perfect health if she was going to look alter Sebastian
Only when the last traces of bruising haddisappeared did Vicaria return to work
Shad‘ come home. She figured, after their last argument, it would be months before he showed up again,
However, when she pushed open the door that evening, she found Samueling on the couch with Rachel. She was sed beside him, both of them goed in de game. li unshey heard the door open that they glanced in her direction.
Samael’s gaze fell on her face, now completely healed. A making thighted through his mind she got over it fast enough
For abrid man, the three of them locked eyes. Victoria was the first to look away.
The silence was broken by Rachel “Victoria, leel like eating your Lambie today.”
Rachel was shameless, she spoke as though she were the lady of the house, as if giving aiders to Victoria was the mod natural thing in the world.
Violastab of pain deep in her cheat, but she didn’t let it show. She simply changether shoes, nodded, and walked into the kitchen,
There had been a time when Rachel would add esther by her surname. Now she just addressedher by her first name..
Victoriake this was Samuel’s daing Rachel wouldn’t have dard–unless Samuel had allowed it.
