When the marquis’s family brought me home as their lost daughter, I asked for three things: no comparisons, no taking from one daughter to give to the other, and the freedom to choose my own marriage.
They agreed, until my sister’s betrothed decided he wanted me instead.
Xun Yang thought marrying a country girl would free him from his family’s rules, but three years later, the defiance he once admired had become my greatest fault.
When he asked for a divorce, I agreed.
I had spent those years learning how to stand on my own, and I was ready to build a life that belonged to me.