Her Thoughts

Scarlett is fidgeting in the hallway of the Rochester mansion. She’s feeling extremely nervous and suddenly questioning herself whether she did the right thing by announcing her marriage to Hector. There’s no doubt in her mind that he’s going ballistic at that very moment but he doesn’t scare her.

She’s more worried about Elle’s reaction. No one knows Elle the way she does. Beneath the kind facade is a completely deranged person who will go to any lengths to get what she wants. But Elle has Hector now. Scarlett has nothing to fear from her, right?

I just need to find the truth behind James and mom’s deaths, she tells herself. Her thoughts are interrupted by a maid.

“Your luggage has been kept in the master bedroom, madam,” the maid informs her.

Master bedroom…there’s no doubt about it. Even if it’s a contract marriage, Ryder is still her husband and she has to stay with him in one bedroom. The thought scares her but she swallows down her fears. She’ll have to cater to his whims even a