Chapter 79
The night air was cold, but Caroline’s blood boiled under her skin. As the car sped down the winding road leading away from the Harris family's ancestral house, she sat stiffly in the backseat, her fingers clutching the edges of her coat as if to restrain the violent fury brewing inside her.
Edward had thrown her out mercilessly. That useless old man, after all these years, had completely turned his back on her. He had looked at her as if she were nothing, as if she were a nuisance he could discard without hesitation.
The humiliation still burned.
Her mind replayed every second of what had happened that morning. Her schemes had been exposed, her perfect mask finally ripped apart in front of everyone.
And what had Edward done? Instead of giving her a chance to defend herself
