Just for a second, I sympathized with Calden. I could leave the Ashmoors behind, but he couldn’t. They were his burden to bear for life.
Meanwhile, Celina was still ranting about the various ways her dear brother had hurt her precious feelings.
She seemed to have completely forgotten that she would have to rely on him later to get her out of the mountain of debt she’d just accumulated.
“I’m your only sister! You can always get another wife, but you’ll never get another sister!”
“Will you please just stop talking!” Calden said through gritted teeth.
“Don’t yell at me!” Celina pouted like a petulant child. “I’m telling you, you can forget about that woman. I will never allow her back in our house, never!”
She clung to Calden’s arm possessively.
“You don’t like her. You
