WARNING: This chapter contains some disturbing scenes.
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THROW BACK...
When the maids left the room earlier, Harlow took the dress her sister offered. She stared at the plain green dress and went on with her plans. She planned to leave the Blackwood mansion today no matter what happens. She would never stay there and marry that old man never.
She wore the dress Claudia had given her since she had nothing else to wear and applied light makeup on her face. Still arranging her hair, the sudden knock on the door startled her.
Before she could answer, the door creaked open, and a man walked in uninvited, closing it firmly behind him.
"Miss Blackwood," he greeted, his thin lips curling into a strange, predatory smile.
