Begging Daddy for Proof

POV MARCELLA

I sat motionless on the edge of the sprawling leather couch. The living room of Magnus Thorne’s mansion stretched out around me like a cavernous, impenetrable sanctuary. High, vaulted ceilings, muted, warm lighting, and the stark, heavy silence of the isolated estate stood in sharp, jarring contrast to the chaotic noise of the bar and the freezing, bitter wind of the streets I had ju