Chapter 714

Desmond told himself his conscience was clear, yet even as the words left his mouth, part of him already wanted to take them back.

Not that it mattered. He knew Lydia would never actually go through with it.

There was no better match for her than him. In the entire city of Ironridge, only one family could stand beside the Ashfords as an equal: the Reeds. Lydia wasn't the kind of woman who settled