Forget it.
Whether Adrian had known everything beforehand or not, she had already signed the contract to sell herself.
Instead of dwelling on the past, Natalie forced herself to focus on the present, thinking it would be better to get things done and make more money to buy her freedom.
With that in mind, Natalie forced herself to stay calm, slowly and clumsily working on her online editing job.
"The sun’s nice today. I’m going out. Want to join me?"
Mindsy was lazily basking in the sunshine in the courtyard. The golden light made her skin look flawless, like a piece of pristine white jade.
Natalie stood still and shook her head.
"No, thanks."
It was strange—Mindsy, who usually gave her a hard time, left without further fuss when Natalie declined.
With Mindsy gone, Natalie felt mor
