I had assumed her husband had left when Mara was sent to fetch me. It had only been a few days, and I hadn’t seen her once during that time. She had made the guards deliver my food, which had saddened me, but now she was finally back.
However, we didn’t exchange any words on the way inside. When we reached the second floor, Mara led me into a large study where I realized, to my surprise, that it wasn’t her ladyship standing before me—it was her husband.
He looked up from the papers he was signing at his desk and slowly smiled. I didn’t like that smile. It was cruel, the kind that appeared when someone had bad intentions.
“So, you’re her new toy,” he said with a dark tone. He placed his pen down and leaned back in his chair. “You’re much bigger than the last one.”
He knew about her… to
