Chapter 15
Rossie’s heart hammered in her chest and she couldn’t make it stop. She pressed her hands to her chest as the door closed behind both of them. Stephano was right in front of her.
He was tall, handsome, and everything a knight in a fantasy novel was supposed to be.
And he deserved a real rose, not the artificial one she was. Eventually her makeup tricks wouldn’t work.
Stephano took her hand and held it like she was precious and she was his equal. “Rossie, I don’t understand. We were happy. And I’ve never had what we have with anyone else.”
Burned. The words struck her, causing her entire bodyto heat. He must have learned those words in some sort of charm school for nobles. She took her hand back and stormed past him, heading toward the closet as she said, “I need to get my p
