THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

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Your mother laughs wildly.

“You would marry scandal?”

He looks at you.

“If she will have me.”

Your heart stops.

This is not a ballroom gesture.

Not a romantic rescue.

It is an offer made in a room full of ruin, with all your truth exposed and no guarantee that choosing you will bring him anything but conflict.

You do not answer yet.

You cannot.

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