Chapter 586

Clearly, the two of them were not speaking about the same thing. Even so, Marianne felt a small measure of comfort.

At the same time, the ache in her heart deepened. She had never wanted to raise her daughter to be this understanding, this gentle to a fault. She would have preferred a willful little girl.

When Marianne thought of how many hardships Clara must have endured to become this way, her h