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.”

I did, my eyes drifted away from Elizabeth and towards one of the screens mounted on the wall. My mouth fell

he doing

turned to see what I was looking

what David was saying. He had an angry expression on his face as he spoke to someone, and it looked to me like

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. “Ella will reconcile with me; you just

harsh and

She reached across the table and held my hand.

what he says. All he’s done is make it clear what

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

wolf.”

people are fools,” Elizabeth said insistently. “You must not let their words hurt you.”

knew that she was right, and I truly appreciated her comforting me in this moment. I hadn’t expected to see something so harsh today. It caught me off guard, and maybe because

but I forced them back. “You’re right,” I said. “His words

“That’s right. You don’t need him and you certainly don’t need his approval. Now let’s

nodded as she handed me the drinks menu. “Of course you’re right. We’re here to have a good time,

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