"I won't. I'll respect every choice you make."
"Okay. Then maybe I can try to get to know you all over again."
She offered a faint smile. 'Maybe it's possible,' she thought, 'to pursue my own ambitions while also trying to find someone whose values align with mine.'
A flicker of something crossed Sean Quinn's eyes. An unusual sense of joy flooded his heart as he murmured, "Alright, I understand... You don't have to stay at this banquet. I'll take you away from here... We can... We can go on a date..."
He immediately took her hand, unwilling to let her remain trapped at this banquet or exchange another word with any other man. He'd even forgotten all about Reaper Yates.
Stella Lockwood desperately wanted to run off with him, just like that.
'But I can't!'
