Meanwhile, the Roberts estate lay in an eerie silence.
Emilie had returned home after her unexpected encounter with Emily at the hotel.
But the moment she stepped through the doors of the Roberts mansion, the anger she had been trying so hard to suppress surged back to the surface.
Although Madam Helena had promised to help her, the assurance had done little to calm the rage boiling beneath her skin.
If she had been given the choice, there was nothing Emilie wanted more than to make Emily leave Lucian that very instant.
She could not understand why Emily was still holding onto the marriage after learning that everything that had happened between them had been a mistake.
From Emilie's perspective, Emily had already been given more than enough reasons to walk away, yet she had remained.
Worse still, Lucian seemed determined to keep Emily by his side. That thought alone was enough to make Emilie furious.
