Chapter 7 You kissed me, that makes you mine

Bring Stacy Back?! Jane couldn't help stealing a nervous glance towards Ethan but he remained as unmoved and silent as ever. She felt a wry, bitter laugh bubble to her lips. She had fooled herself into thinking that Ethan had approved of her. Like a delusional, lovesick fool, she had even been truly fond of him, wanting to be his dutiful wife... It wasn't that she had truly wanted to marry Ethan Harrington but the Harrisons would never let this slide... to say nothing of what they would do to her grandmother. The thought sent a pang of pain through her heart and she felt her eyes prick with tears. Upon hearing Toby's pronouncement, the Harrison family's faces fell. To wed Stacy to that sickly cripple, with his pasty, disfigured face... Stacy herself would never agree, but even all of Ursula's love for her daughter couldn't compel her to allow Stacy to come back and face such a match. "That doesn't seem quite appropriate Young Master Toby", she objected. "No matter how you put