A few days had passed since she returned from the imperial palace.
After the great quarrel with her father over Marie, Ines's daily life looked, on the surface, perfectly peaceful.
The Count still avoided Ines.
It was already too late to apologize for striking her cheek in a fit of temper, or for accepting Cedric's terms and pushing ahead with a wedding that Ines rejected with her whole being.
Having missed his chance, the easiest course left to the Count was to keep avoiding his daughter and do things for her "in his own way."
A way that was thoroughly aristocratic, weighted toward money and honor.
But Ines had no room to spare for such a father.
Besides, he had always been cold to her. She had expected him to act as if nothing had happened, or even to rebuke her, and she simply could not understand why…
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