Chapter 52

Seeing Beatrice so visibly anxious, I couldn't help but smile slightly. "Go ahead, speak your mind," I said, trying to ease the tension that had settled between us. I was leaving the city tonight. If we didn’t resolve this today, Beatrice would most certainly show up at the gates of my estate the next day, lingering outside, hoping for a meeting. That would only drag things out, and I had no patience for unnecessary drama.