Sage Pov
I was kind of mad at myself today, but at the same time, I didn’t really care enough to do anything about it. I knew when I woke up this morning to the sun bearing down on me that I had to go home, I had to smile, and I had to sit there and talk to Amelia. It wasn’t anyone’s fault but my own that she was there. I knew I had to marry someone to allow mom and dad to get the retirement they deserve, and I had to marry someone to get an heir to pass down the line. She was a kind girl, sweet and soft-spoken, and she understood that we’d never be in love with each other. She accepted that, because the other person her father had set up to marry her had been an older man who she was afraid would hurt her. Even though last night I heard word that the man had died in a boating accident, s
