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It was the fifth year of our engagement, and Yosef Sherman still wouldn't consider marrying me. He saw me as nothing but a small-town girl, too rough around the edges for his standards, never refined enough for his world. What he really wanted was someone like Diana Pierce, a high-society girl: elegant, gentle, and refined. For five years, no matter how hard I tried to win him over, Yosef never once gave me the time of day. In the sixth year, Yosef's mother, Emily Sherman, asked me, "Nina, would you be willing to marry someone else?" I hesitated for a moment before agreeing. After all, I wasn't getting any younger. If I didn't get married soon, I'd end up as an old maid. But then, Yosef, who was always so dutiful to his mother, actually confronted her in front of everyone. "Mother, how could you promise my fiancée to Uncle Zack behind my back?"