Chapter 3

Edward, drunk and wracked with guilt, locked himself in his room. He wouldn't see anyone or set foot outside.

Victor heard about how my former mother-in-law had treated me. He saw me at the party, with my face as white as a sheet, looking so weak and frail. It sparked this fierce urge in him to protect me.

He didn't care about the rumors. He showed up at my parents' door himself to propose. At first, they turned him down, not because he was a soldier, but because they thought he was too good, too perfect.

They felt that I,…