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I was the woman William Preston personally picked out to be his lover. But once all his friends had married women from families of equal standing, something changed. I could feel that he had started to regret it. His parents never liked me. I never really fit in when they talked. I didn't come from a good family. He started to resent me for all of that. One day, after William praised another woman in front of me yet again, I made up my mind. I finally took off the apron I'd been wearing day in and day out. I put my makeup back on and slipped into the prettiest dress I owned. I wasn't going to keep sacrificing myself for this marriage anymore.