The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

You should attend regardless.

” Hannah glanced at her hesitant friend with curiosity.

“Is the issue that Alick is going to be there?”

“You’ve always been good at reading me.

You’ve got it exactly right.

”

Resting back into her chair, Lydia sighed and averted her eyes.

“The moment we meet, the Phillips and Shaw families will dredge up the past.

I can’t avoid it! That Alick really annoys me, and he won’t even discuss breaking off the engagement.

The thought of him fooling around with other women disgusts me!”

Hannah’s gaze softened as she looked at Lydia, her thoughts drifting.

Lydia was naturally daring and cheerful, hailing from one of Valmere’s most prominent families.

Being a woman, her only path to solidifying her family’s status was through marriage.

Traditionally, the Shaws and the Phillips had been friends for many years, making a marital alliance between the two families seemingly perfect.

notorious playboy, and Lydia

to bring them

had left her family home in a huff and had

think of

You’re always so wily.

must have some

”

you say?” Hannah shot her a look but then said earnestly, “You’ve got the skills

more prosperous on

”

for you

on her hand

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dad’s insistence on me attending this banquet clearly means he’s set on marrying me off to the

can’t let that

have to

Hannah reassured her.

I recall you were pretty competent when

People evolve.

look

things and ended up