Caroline’s POV:The next day arrived and I packed my bags in preparation for a nice stay in a hotel for a whole week. Gerald came to help me as soon as he saw me carrying my suitcase downstairs. “Packing your bags, Miss Caroline?” he asked, taking my things over to the front door. “May I ask where
Caroline’s POV:I arrived at the hospital with a smile on my face and a pep in my step. Where hospitals had once been a foreboding monument only signaling approach demise, I now found comfort being in one. I was on the path of healing, and nothing could bring me down from this high I was feeling. M
Caroline’s POV:Once I was released from the hospital and arrived back at the hotel, I put my plan into action. I took out my phone, clicked on Elizabeth’s text message, and replied in a deliberately provocative tone.Why are you so sure William likes you? Didn’t you see the news today? William has
Caroline’s POV:When I saw the man’s face clearly, I recognized those aged features and stubbled chin. “Harry!” I gasped in a mixture of surprise and delight. He had changed so much, I almost didn't recognize him. While he once looked so overcome with stress and depression, he now looked happier an
Caroline’s POV:The temptation to escape from William was too great. Every day I was left trapped with William was torture. There was a chain around my ankle that kept me bound to him, and I was left desperately searching for a key that I wasn’t even sure existed. Even still, I was determined, and
William’s POV:I initially hadn’t planned to attend Elizabeth’s birthday celebration, but my mother and I agreed that as long as I attended Elizabeth’s birthday party, she would stop trying to involve herself in our barely-there relationship.When I entered the parlor, I was shocked to see just how
William’s POV:Sophia had no qualms with reminding me of just what I owed the Lambert family. Ever since their son died trying to protect me, I was left paying off the ultimate debt, and they were not forgiving with what they asked of me.When Mrs. Lambert had come to my company, she purposefully us
Caroline’s POV:With the kind of trouble I’d undoubtedly stirred up with Elizabeth, I wasn’t surprised William didn’t bother me for an entire week after his last call. Elizabeth and Sophia must have caused quite a bit of chaos in his life. My week off finally felt like a true vacation, even if it i