A Brutal Apology

Roland could tell Celine wasn't joking with him. If he didn't give her a satisfactory answer today, he wasn't sure what she might do.

If Celine really were as ignorant and shallow as he publicly portrayed, this situation would have been easy to handle. He could easily use public opinion, with so many guests here, to suppress Celine as the elder of the family.

And perhaps, he could ruin her reput