Watching the two of them interact, Scarlett Glenn actually felt that pure youthful tremor one experiences on campus—clean, simple emotions devoid of any worldly impurities.
To have such feelings at this age, she thought, was truly beautiful.
Sometimes Uncle's methods were indeed too forceful, but that was because he was accustomed to giving orders from his high position year after year, and, crucially... his lack of emotional experience and extreme inexperience with women. They would just need to slowly adapt.
As the airplane took off, Scarlett Glenn gazed out of the window, watching Rose City recede further and further away.
Suddenly, she felt light as a feather, as if… she had begun a new chapter in her life.
The dark, heavy days of the past had finally ended, and brightness, miraculously, had entered her world.
Her hand was grasped by Ethan Herd, their fingers interlocking.
The ring on her finger shone brilliantly.
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