"Fine, I just wanted to remind you how pathetic you are." Vincent goes to step toward her and I raise my hand to stop him. "Let her say what she wants. She must have pissed the king off. She is worried he will replace her with another mistress. She is trying to goad me into engaging her so he will think I'm jealous of her, so he won't get rid of her. Who is the pathetic one, Jiselle? I haven't been a mistress for the last fifteen years. I'm not the one who rejected my fate to be someone's second choice."
I can see Vincent fighting the urge to smile. He gives me a nod and Jiselle screeches. Stomping her foot she glares at me. "You're wrong. David loves me. He would never replace me. What kind of woman stays with a man she knows cheats on her? You were never woman enough to keep him satisf
