Chapter 3 - Refusing To Back Down Against My Arrogant Parents

My father stepped directly into my path, his tailored Brioni suit straining slightly across his stiff shoulders.
“Evelyn, do not make a public spectacle of this,” he hissed, his voice trembling with aristocratic fury.
I looked up at the man who had traded his daughter's emotional survival for Preston’s fragile ego.
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“Get out of my way,” I whispered, my voice carrying a quiet, lethal stillness that made him blink.
My mother opened her mouth to lecture me about family dignity, but the look in my eyes instantly silenced her.
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