"Insolent wench!"
The plate shattered as it hit the ground. I kept my head down.
I shouldn't have said anything.
One slap. Two slaps.
"You're marrying him in two days. Until then, stay out of my sight," he warned.
My cheek was throbbing. I nodded and excused myself from the dining room.
Marriage was supposed to be something that happened between lovers. I had never even met my betrothed before.
All I had were rumours.
He was as handsome as he was cruel. Just the sight of him had girls swooning and men quivering.
Would a beauty like him even want someone as hideous as myself anywhere near him, let alone by his side as life partner? Would he hit me too?
My worries did not matter. My fate was already sealed.
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Garden of Starlight
RomanceAn arranged marriage to an infamously tyrannical lord sounds less of an escape and more like another prison sentence to Celestine. For someone that wants very little of life, she'd make well of this new life by doing what she did best: keeping her h...
