Sitting in the backseat of the cab as it sped through the quiet streets of Belgium. Sophie sighed deeply, her mind racing with the memories of the choices that brought her to this point. Her father's words still echoed in her mind, but they can't seem to erase the bitterness of the past."If you don't marry him, I'll disown you," Richard Burnett threatened. Of course, he doesn't mean it, but Sophie had taken his words seriously and walked out of the mansion without a second thought. Even when her mother had done everything to bring her back, she still refused."I didn't leave because I hated them," she muttered to herself. "I left because I hated the future they choose for me."Her fingers tightened on her laps, the smooth fabric of her gown crumpling under her grip. It wasn’t that she despised the man her father had chosen for her to marry—Alexander Beaumont, the heir to a rival family’s business empire. He was handsome, and wealthy, but Sophie had hated the control of her family.
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