Chapter 49

“Uh…" Owen understood what Roman meant despite his unfinished sentence. When he thought about asking Julian to wake Nora up, his temples throbbed, and he uttered, "It's too difficult."

"That's why…" Roman said sadly, "To a man who doesn't love her, anything she does is wrong. Her life was unworthy of mention to him."

"I'll try." Owen sighed warmly. "I'll try to persuade Mr. Crawford."

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