Ring, ring, ring...

Timothy's phone rang. It was his father.

Adjusting his expression, he answered while walking toward his car. "Dad."

"Timothy, what's going on? Any progress?"

Mr. Labbe was still in Carrie's room, but he had stepped onto the balcony to make the call. Inside, Carrie lay fast asleep, her brows furrowed in discomfort.

She had barely gotten any rest last night. Mr. Labbe had kept her up for hours, showing no mercy.

She had begged him to stop, but he ignored her pleas, even forcing her to take some pills that left her barely conscious.

Carrie cursed him in her mind before drifting into uneasy sleep. She knew full well that to him, she was nothing more than a mistress-a tool for his pleasure. If she had been his wife, he wouldn't have treated her this way.

Mrs. Labbe, of becoming the real lady of the house. Now,

want revenge on Serenity anymore. She

too late. She had boarded his ship, and there

hadn't even gotten involved willingly-he had forced her into

out a frustrated sigh. "Dad, Tinsley is impossible to crack. Honestly, I should've gone for Ainhoa Ormond instead.

world. She's young,

Tinsley. He had been chasing her for ages with nothing

heard this, would

Because she was young and

she was

had trained all the sisters to be wary of outsiders. Even their youngest sibling, who hadn't yet come of age, was highly

Especially around men.

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