'Wouldn't you know it, some people just deserve to have all their wishes come true. With that drive to fight, to snatch, to use every resource to pull someone into her grasp—if she doesn't succeed, who will?'
Zane Lynch and the others felt their lips twitch uncontrollably, but they had to admit that Arabella Donovan had a point.
In any case, the matter was now considered settled.
First Uncle, having lost all face and his reputation in tatters, glared at Arabella Donovan with murder in his eyes.
He wanted to deny everything but feared provoking Arabella Donovan's defiant nature, which might lead her to expose even more of his dirty little secrets. In the end, he could only retreat in unwilling defeat.
With First Uncle now the main topic of conversation—a veritable lightning rod for controversy—Walter Rhodes's previous sex scandals suddenly seemed like no big deal.
