~Gemma~ "Rivers, what is this, and what have you dragged my daughter into," my father asked Lucas, and Lucas exhaled. I could see he was gathering momentum for something, and I hoped it wouldn't be something he would regret. "Lord Lawrence, I am in love with your daughter. I asked her to marry me, but she said no. She said I was a social climber, and her family would be unhappy if she associated herself with the likes of me," he said and looked at my father. "I would like you to reconsider your opinion on the matter, sir. I really love Gemma, and I do not plan to take anything from the royals. I am content with where I am. I have no intentions of gaining from this," he said, bracing himself for a punch. "And what of this woman? I know a hurt lover when I see one," Uncle Dominic asked, looking very pissed. "An arranged union by my folks. A union I have rejected time and time again, but they refuse to relent. I never touched her, I never kissed her, we never went on dates, we wer
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