"Yeah, I won't forget it."
"If Kendrick ever shows up again, I'll make your life a living hell."
That was the terrifying side of Eldon's possessiveness. I meant nothing to him, held no title and no real place in his world, yet he could not stand the thought of anyone else wanting me.
Even if I was nothing more than a dusty old toy he had shoved aside and forgotten, he still refused to let anyone who truly needed me come close.
Soon after I woke, Eldon left the room. Not long after he had gone, Milo brought me the contract for a villa.
I had never imagined he would give me an entire villa.
Was this supposed to be some kind of comfort?
A deep wave of sadness washed over me. In Eldon's eyes, was I simply a woman who could be bought off with money?
That afternoon, Hazel and Rosina came
