Chapter 73

Sofia’s POV

I ducked my head a little, breaking eye contact with her in that one move. It was weird.

It felt really weird, hearing these same words that nobody has ever said to me until this very moment – these same words which I had been praying and hoping for throughout the years, ever since I became sensible as a child.

I wasn’t going to be taking her up on her offer though, because what was it that I was going to be speaking to her about?

About how I hated being married and how I wished I would be able to further my education… how I wish I can leave this cursed country who has chosen to still remain in the back when it comes to equality between both genders.

About how I wish I was still at home and not here? About how I missed my brother so much, it’s starting to weigh me down day in, day out.

I lifted my head up and locked eyes with Matilda’s once again and she smiled at me for a few seconds, a gesture which only managed to calm down a little of the huge storm brewing in m