Claimed by the billionaire
Josephine crossed her arms, her chin tilting with that familiar arrogance.
“Elizabeth, darling,” she mocked, stretching the word like poison on her tongue. “When will you stop disgracing this family? Haven’t you done enough? Do you know what it’s like to see your filth splattered in the papers? To watch people whisper behind our backs because you couldn’t keep your legs closed for a stranger?”
Each word landed like a slap, and my body trembled under the weight of their cruelty.
“I—I’m sorry.” My voice cracked. I whispered, the last thing I wanted was to fight. They weren’t wrong, I was a disgrace. My body ached to curl into a corner, to hide, to vanish.