Even though I tried hard to forget all that Uncle Bedford said. I just couldn’t. This was why Chase needed a wife. My mother probably overheard him talking about how he needed an heir and chose to exploit him and make the deal to have me marry Chase in exchange for her freedom.
Although one piece of the puzzle had been fixed, there were still many other pieces I needed to find and place correctly, so I could get a grasp of the new life Chase had pulled me into.
“What do you mean by things are only going to get uglier? Are there some other things I need to know?”
Chase placed a handful of papers on his desk before releasing a sigh. He turned to face me and I could see the slight look of annoyance and fatigue on his face, but what overpowered those two emotions were the traces of vulnerab
