Chapter 4

I hesitated again, my hand lingering over the banknotes, making it look like I still wasn't satisfied with the price.

The dealer bit his lip, desperate now. "Alright, ten dollars, final price. I really can't go any lower," he said.

I handed over the banknotes with a smile.

I brought him along to a tailor to buy new clothes, then took him to the bathhouse to get cleaned up.

I was the first noble lady in the entire capital to be rejected on the wedding day, so it didn't take long for people to recognize me.

Everywhere I went, they…