Chapter VII

He grabbed me violently. "Scarlett, you know I love you. Chloe and I were just a momentary lapse in judgment. If it weren't for her damn illness, I would never have married her."

I pulled my hand away, looking at him calmly, saying nothing.

He cried out, "It was an act of kindness! How could you bear to watch a friend you grew up with die with regrets? You rich people are cold-blooded; you don't u