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“So, when you came back and talked to your dad, you made sure he wouldn’t get in the way of whoever you wanted to be with?” I asked, my chest tightening. Edward was always like this–he’d set everything up, just waiting for you to walk right into his trap. Once you were caught in his net, good luck ever getting out.

“Victoria, I don’t want to live with regrets,” Edward said, gently brushing his fingers against my cheek. “All the things I missed out on before don’t matter. What matters is being able to choose who I spend the rest of my life with.”

“Edward, I…” I stammered, my breath coming fast as I turned my face away. “I really don’t want to talk about this right now. Are you sure Ryan won’t make a scene?”

“He’ll calm down,” Edward said harshly. “If he still wants to be a Jennings.”

If you want the crown, you have to bear its weight. Everything in this world comes with a price.

I let it go. Ryan was smart–he knew how to weigh his options.

After dinner, Edward and I walked along the quiet, old–world paths of the estate. I noticed some lights glowing halfway up the mountain, and Edward mentioned there was a hot spring up there.

‘On a chilly night like this, a soak in the hot spring would be perfect,‘ I thought.

suggested we go up

open, the stars shone above us. Edward grew quiet, and

up the mountain, we found a gorgeous estate built in classic English style. These days, it’s open to


we changed into fresh bathrobes

surface of the warm water was scattered with rose petals–it was romantic, almost

filled the air–a sure sign this was genuine hot spring water, not like those fake ones back home where they just heat up

as I scooped up rose petals from the water. He looked at me like I

my

heat of the water sent waves of warmth around us, but Edward’s kiss held no trace of

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life last a little longer? Just a bit more, please?‘ I thought,

moment to ever end.


don’t want to wake up from this dream. I just want to stay here and never go back

like this never last long. With all that sulfur in the hot spring, we couldn’t soak for too long or we’d get lightheaded. After half an hour, we got out,

back down the mountain–instead, he got us a room right

into a deep, dreamless sleep. I was so at peace, not even a single dream came

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