The Gilded Cage

After stepping out of the room, Sloane woke up from her trance and struggled.

She said, "I won't go, Mr. Rousseau. I won't go. Can I live alone? I prefer to live alone. I beg you. I don't want to move there."

She refused to leave, but she was too weak to cut herself loose.

It was no use begging for mercy, and she scolded angrily, "Darius! You are so overbearing. You are breaking into my ho