Luna watched Charlotte turn and gracefully leave, her whole being frozen there, her mind buzzing.
How could it be? Charlotte must be lying to her. Atlas Hallow's disinterest in women was almost common knowledge. Luna had always thought Atlas had some physical defect and used the Miller Family's fatal weakness to marry one of their daughters.
But how could this be? If Atlas had no physical issues, what kind of woman couldn't he marry? Why did he choose someone from the Miller Family?
Each question struck Luna like stray bullets, making her feel like she was full of holes, completely tattered.
No wonder Charlotte had that sense of superiority and confidence; she must secretly be smug, right?
She surely laughed at Luna for trading watermelon for sesame seeds, and now Luna couldn't even hold onto the sesame seeds.
