Chapter 155

"Have you lost your mind?"

The door burst open. Bella, in the middle of arranging flowers, jumped and dropped her shears. Dayson ignored that entirely, crossed the room, and seized her shoulder in a hard grip.

"Ow, that hurts, Dayson. Why are you so angry?"

Bella asked, creasing her brow. Her voice came out soft, the way you'd soothe a child.

When you deal with Dayson, handle him the way you'd handle a piece of glasswork.

Not long after the wedding, there'd been a time she and Dayson had quarreled over something trivial, and she'd been summoned to Julia. That was exactly what Julia had told her.

An unspoken pressure never to raise her voice at Dayson, no matter what.

Bella knew perfectly well she fell short of Julia's standards. There had been exactly one reason Julia allowed the marriage to Dayson at all.

So that if Diana ever disappeared,…