Not Your Plaything

Seeing Desmond speak up for Cecelia, Agatha merely nodded.

"Cecelia, you've always been smart and well-behaved, but when it comes to matters affecting both families' reputations, you've been too careless. We'll let last night slide, but if it happens again, don't blame me for being mean. I'll have to reconsider your engagement then," she said with a smile, but there was a warning in her tone.

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