Chapter 19

Perhaps the commotion the four of us made was a bit loud and caught their attention. Mrs. Sherwood looked at us suspiciously. She pulled Estelle behind her, instructing the staff to disperse the gathering onlookers. "Luna, did you reject my suggestion earlier because of this young man?" Mrs. Sherwood immediately redirected the tension from me to Samuel. She didn't say it outright, but her meaning was clear. Bringing shame to the Sherwood family in this setting was absolutely unacceptable to Mr. Sherwood. "Luna, you asked to marry Edward. Now that you're married, I hope you'll live well and don't disgrace me." Suppressing his anger, Mr. Sherwood warned her before leaving with Mrs. Sherwood and Estelle. Mrs. Sherwood pulled Estelle away, and before leaving, she looked at the three of us thoughtfully. "Luna, the Sherwood family will never accept a homewrecker who meddles in another's marriage." Samuel looked a bit panicked. Tonight, his only goal was to experience the high-societ