No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Lord chuckled, "Clever girl, I hope in your next life you're born into a good family."

After he finished speaking, he stood up. My body lurched forward, almost tumbling into his shoes.

Lord's bodyguard immediately came to grab me, but he stopped him, instead giving me a stern look. "Now that you understand, what do you want to do? You want me to spare you?"

Yes, I wanted him to spare me. I couldn't die yet!

Dying like this would be such a loss.

"I won't believe any of this unless you let me confront Herschel directly, or at least let him call me. I want to hear what he has to say," I told the truth but was also stalling for time, hoping someone would come to rescue me. But who would come to save me?

I couldn't afford to think about that, focusing instead on Lord.

But this time, he ignored me, signaling the bodyguard with his eyes, and I was dragged away.

left, and I was

swirled in my mind, but the more I thought about it, the colder I

Jacqueline had been so kind to me, could it really not be genuine, just guilt over my parents? Just because I was their

had been consistent over ten years, it didn't seem

maybe Lord was spinning tales to deceive me.

hate Herschel and

what did

the light outside went

Lord planning to starve

when I was puzzled, the door

door opened, and a slender woman's figure rushed

one who drugged my drink and brought me here was her,

sorry, Lord forced me. He said ift

to have