Just do what you're supposed to do
Maeve's POV
I pressed my ear to the door. I caught Mrs. Howard's footsteps retreating—then nothing. The distance swallowed everything.
Until something shattered downstairs. Then Bronwyn's roar: "Theodore, are you cutting ties with us?"
So Theodore hadn't backed down this time.
Then the door ...
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Chapters
1. Spread your legs. Good girl.
2. She's... Maeve?
3. How did you get all those scars?
4. Why won't any of you believe me?
5. Bronwyn, are you two sleeping together too?
6. Grandmother, I don't love him anymore
7. But you're sick. That isn't my fault.
8. It's not the first time he's done this.
9. Saffron. Why would you do this to Maeve?
10. I don't want to share it with her.
11. Do you think he's interested in you?
12. I want to marry you
13. Lord Percy, what are you doing here?
14. He had known about Saffron's scheme all along.
15. The One Who Wasn't Crushed
16. I was your daughter once. How did you treat me?
17. "Lord Percy, I apologize to you on behalf of the Howard family."
18. Paying the Price
19. You broke the contract
20. The Explosion
21. My wife was just struck by Bronwyn
22. Misunderstanding
23. You shouldn't be wasting your energy on things like this
24. My wife doesn't need anyone else's review.
25. Edmund would never accept a wife with a history of mental illness
26. Divorce, or Renounce Your Inheritance
27. Who would give up the family business for a wife on a contract?
28. The First Apology
29. You staked my wife first.
30. Chair, the prosecution requests to call a further witness.
31. Everything Is Still Unknown
32. This Is Only the Beginning
33. Giving Up Won't Buy You a Way Out
34. The Circus Would Suit Him Just Fine
35. What Is He Even Angry About
36. Bronwy. You have no right to lock me up
37. I am willing to give my life for you
38. He Almost Got You Killed
39. Then Call Off the Contract
40. Maeve, you're rather too sure of yourself
41. Maeve, did I say something you didn't want to hear?
42. Would you strike your own mother?
43. If I really do lose the succession, our life will get very bad
44. You're saying I'm a black bear?
45. Even your wife is about to turn her back on you
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