Chapter 0062

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Elizabeth laughed. “Not all of the publicity around this has been negative,” she explained. “There are many people who take your side in this and find David’s continued pursuit of you shameful.”

“I’m happy to hear that,” I said. “I would hate to think that my family’s reputation would be harmed by this.”

“He’s not a hero,” Elizabeth said. “He did the bare minimum by showing up to protect you. He should have raised the alarm as soon as he heard about the plan. Then that Rogue could have been captured in time.”

“I hadn’t thought of it that way,” I said with a frown

Elizabeth nodded. “It’s true. My father feels that way, and his investigation has revealed that it would have been quite simple to track that Rogue down if they had known ahead of time that he was planning something. All David had to do was make a phone call, and it all could have been prevented.”

“But he wanted the attention of saving me,” I said with disgust. “So he allowed me to be attacked.”

“That’s the way it seems to me,” Elizabeth said. “He really is the worst.”

from Elizabeth and towards one of the screens

is he doing now?” I

to see

but the closed captions were turned on, so we could see what David was saying. He had an angry expression on his face as he spoke to someone, and it looked to

don’t want to speak to the media anymore. You’re just taking my words out of context and making things worse, “the closed captions read clearly.

the screen in shock. His words were so harsh and cruel; I couldn’t believe that he was saying them

turned to look at me with concern on her face. She reached across the table and held my hand.

All he’s done is make it clear what a cruel, heartless man

there will be people that side with him,” I said. “There will be those who agree that I’m

wolf.”

Elizabeth said insistently. “You must not

comforting me in this moment. I hadn’t expected to see something so harsh today. It caught me

but I forced them back. “You’re right,” I said. “His words mean nothing to me.”

You don’t need him and you certainly don’t need his approval. Now let’s have

as she handed me the drinks menu. “Of course you’re right. We’re here to have

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