Chapter 704
- Third person's POV
- Deep within her heart, she knew that if it weren't for Wilmot's relentless efforts to gather the funds and ransom her from that terrifying predicament, she would have been ruined, cast into an endless abyss of darkness from which she would never emerge.
- "I failed to protect you, Ms. Hartley," Derek's voice was deep and hoarse, tinged with self-reproach.