Her Unwanted Prince Husband

felt like a lead weight in my pocket, a payment for my humiliation. Every hope I had was crushed. Finn had used me, broken his unspoken pr

ilks, her hair perfectly styled. She looked like a queen, and I felt like a beggar in her presence. She

her gaze lingering on my disheveled state. "It seems your meeting did not go well. Tell me, what could a disgraced merch

g up. "He is my husband," I said, my voice stead

my fiancé now. He will be my husband. The future Emperor." She stepped closer, her voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "I know all about how you treated him, Scarlett. Ho

ey stung. She was right. I had

dering something, "I am a benevolent future Empress. Perhaps there could be a place for you. After we are married, if you be

servant in my own husband's bed, at the beck and call of this woman? "Never," I

away, leaving me trembling with a mixture of rage and utter despair. I fled the palace grounds, finding a secluded bench where I finally let myself br

to see Victor, a man who had once been one of my most ardent admirers. He used to follow me around like a puppy, writing me terrible po

ee you." I forced a smile. "I heard you're now the minister in charge of judicial reviews. You've done so well

s chest with pride. "It's a pos

him, you know he's a good man. He would never commit treason. Please, can you look into his case? For the sake of

of an old friend, it was the look of a predator sizing up its prey. "Of course, my dear Scarlett," he said, his voice smooth and oil

re of gratitude." His meaning was unmistakable. He wasn't offerin

ting offer, and now this. Was there no one left in this city with a shred

ep me company there, and I will make sure your father's case... disappears. I can have him released tomorrow." He paused, letting the offe