Chapter 544 : Fireworks

*Two Weeks Later*

*Natalia*

I sat at the vanity in the room Tallon had given me in the compound and brushed my hair. I was glad to see that the bruising around my neck had finally faded. I felt horrible every time I saw Tallon noticing my bruises, and I could tell that he felt responsible for them.

I suspected that he would be spending a lot of time trying to make it up to me, even though I had told him that none of it was his fault. He had no way of knowing that my uncle was willing to put me in danger.

But he had been doting on me ever since. Not only had he gifted me a diamond necklace that I was too afraid to wear outside of the compound, but he had also taken me to several ridiculously expensive shops and bought me an entirely new wardrobe.

If I was being totally honest, I loved the princess treatment he had been giving me. I had always been an independent woman, but Tallon had an amazing way of preserving my independence while still treating me like a lady.