Bella looked at the elevator and smiled bitterly.
She succeeded in irritating Charles. Wasn’t that a good thing? She didn’t need to go back with him. But why did she feel so bad?
It took longer by bus, but she was free here. She had to push her feelings for Charles down. Maybe she didn’t actually love him. So, she would not feel heartbroken when she decided to leave him.
But she was wrong. She underestimated what Charles would do to hurt her.
She was alone in the dining room at dinner today; Charles and Katherine were not here.
Bella was puzzled.
Were they out on a date?
What was it like to go on a date with Charles? Would they hold hands? Would they kiss?
Bella was unable to prevent herself from making blind and disorderly conjectures. She did not even realize that the servants ha
