Sophie was ostracized in Cawden Academy and mistreated in her relatives' house, and even though Leland already punished them for their sins, it didn't exactly take away those years of suffering.
She learned how to grow up so fast.
Amongst these ever-shifting, ever-deepening emotions that Sophie held in her heart and kept it a secret from others… there was actually one thing that she was keeping at the bottom of her heart.
Leland, who had been distracted by the surface emotions that kept popping in her heart and mind didn't seem to have realized the slowly developing but growing feelings that were just lingering beneath.
For the past months that she had been here with him, Sophie got the opportunity to slowly get to know Duke Romanov. Now, she knew him more than just simple rumors and gossip that the people in town spoke about.
