Chapter 1406

Hertha’s round, doe–like eyes fixed on Georgia with a fiery glare, irritation ready to spill from her lips in a heated tirade.

But suddenly, Alaric extricated his arm from Georgia’s grasp, casting her an annoyed glance. “Georgia, cussing someone out as soon as you see them, is that what you’d call cultured? Don’t make me think you haven’t even finished elementary school!”

At Alaric’s words, the anger boiling inside Hertha simmered down to a mere half of its fury.

What was going on?

Was Alaric actually standing up for her?

Wasn’t Georgia his fiancée?

Three years prior, Alaric and Georgia’s engagement party had set the town of Starhaven abuzz, with every major media outlet clamoring to cover the event. The ceremony was both lavish and grand, and it lasted two days–much more extravagant than most engagement parties.

nothing to do with news about Alaric, wishing to remain ignorant of his engagement to

media, news alerts–everywhere she turned, the splendor

was a shred of longing left in Hertha for Alaric, it was thoroughly extinguished by the grandeur of

engagement, Hertha didn’t know why Alaric and Georgia hadn’t wed, but she was certain they had been intimate.

crystal clear

then surely there must have been more

with his own fiancée‘ but defending her, an outsider.

took Hertha by

had prepared for Georgia were swallowed back.

once entwined with Alaric’s, was released into

she pouted in hurt, “She was the one being rude to you. I was just

mind our own business!” Alaric retorted, his gaze at Georgia laced with

moment his mother had tried to set him up

up in bed with Georgia was the result of his drunkenness–he

that

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