Belle let out a cold laugh. Her grandmother had been bound by traditional values for seventy years, and Belle had no intention of completely changing her mindset.

Feeling dizzy and overheated, likely due to her anxious mood and the cool breeze, she took a deep breath and said to her grandmother, “I can choose not to be with Alfred, but I will never go back to Victor.”

With that, she rubbed her temples and returned to her room, slamming the door behind ...