Catherine, how can you say such a thing? If they both married me, who'd even look your way? Nobody would ever love you! These two men, bearing the same blood,
had made strikingly similar choices. But for me, their love mattered just as little. What mattered was whose family could help me rise to that position. In that case, then I choose.
What if I told you I don't want either of them? Sergei's eyes screamed in your dreams while Graydon's gaze sharpened, trying to peer into the soul of the woman I had become. I dodged his gaze.
I had no desire to get tangled up with someone who had just stood by in my previous life as I died. That's enough! You're a woman of this family. Your job is to marry well and boost our influence.
You think you have a choice? I'm aware our business in New Palum has been tanking for three months. I'll go there, expand our market, and pull us out of this mess. In my previous life, Dad had seized my inheritance from Mom to save the family.
But ultimately, it all ended up with Rosa. She was living it up overseas, spending cash like she was royalty. guilty. Meanwhile, I was stuck in a musty basement, scrimping and saving every penny for Grayson's medical bills.