Chapter 4

I must truly be insane.

Had it not been for everything I endured before, I would never have dared to defy my elders like this.

I was raised to always follow the rules and behave like a well-educated lady.

Calling off an engagement on my own? In the past, such a thought would have been unthinkable.

But what good did playing by the rules ever do me?

All it brought me was the destruction of my family.

The Gonzalez family had built a century-long business empire, always playing by the rules since first entering the commercial world.

Our forebears shared…