Chapter 46 A Heartfelt Reunion (1)

• Scarlet felt immense shame as she avoided her brother's gaze which was consumed by an internal fire that burned relentlessly. Tears flowed uncontrollably—one unlike anything she had experienced before.
• She decided to confide in him about the agony she had to go through while living by herself in a state of distress.
• "The fact that I became his whore shattered me. I should never have been tainted by this indelible stain. You cannot comprehend the weight that oppressed and shook me. I lived in fear of Lincoln, afraid that he would question my purity, a doubt any man in his position would entertain," she expressed, her voice laden with pain.