"How did we get to marriage?" Bella Woods asked Oliver Hughes in return.
Oliver Hughes frowned, "I asked you a question, and you question me back?"
"The answer to your question is within you, if I don't ask you this way, I..."
"Stop playing word games with me." Oliver Hughes impatiently interrupted Bella Woods, "Didn't I tell you, I'll give you the position of the Hughes Family's Young Mistress, but the condition is that you must be obedient."
He was arrogant, holding this identity high above him like a sweet treat, dangling it in front of Bella Woods, tempting her to step by step lose her self-respect.
Bella Woods used to willingly be strung along.
She wasn't greedy for the status of the Hughes Family's Young Mistress, she was greedy for Oliver Hughes's affection.
But not anymore, and never again.
"Bella Woods, I'm giving you one last chance..."