Now it was proven that Flint was a liar, while Jefferson had been watching her secretly. Remembering her previous answer to Flint's proposal, she began to regret it. Why had she accepted the proposal without thinking it through and investigating it further? No wonder Jefferson had always emphasized to her not to trust anyone easily and to investigate first. This was due to her previous rashness. What should she do now? Should she leave a man who had been so kind to her secretly?
She hated her life. If she hadn't been born poor, she wouldn't have hesitated to steal Jefferson from Larissa. Now she was only a supporting character, watching couples cuddle every day, making her envious. Would she be able to do that with Flint? Because Flint had proposed to her and gotten her to run away from Jefferson, she had to live with him forever. Would he treat her as well as he had before after they married?
