(Livia)
I stared at Julian, wondering whether he expected me to accept what he had just said. Dad had already forced me into this marriage to protect his business. Now he had signed another agreement concerning my life without asking me. I couldn't believe he had found another way to betray me.
"My father doesn't have the right to decide where I live."
"He signed the agreement."
"That doesn't make it legal."
"Then have your new attorney challenge it."
I looked down at the document again. It contained several paragraphs about the money Dad supposedly owed Julian's family. My name appeared beneath a section concerning the divorce proceedings. I couldn't understand how my father could agree to keep me here when he knew what Julian had done.
"Did you tell him about the lawyer?"
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