Okay, Daisy, you win,” Victor said, and I heard him walk out the door.
I closed it behind him and ran to my bedroom. Collapsing onto my new bed, I began to sob. I punched the pillows a few times and soon felt drained.
I was finally happy living with Alex in his mansion. I had a father, friends in the servants, and two handsome male friends.
Why did everything have to be taken away from me?
“Self-pity isn’t any better than someone else pitying you,” I told myself and swung my legs off the mattress to sit on the edge of the bed. “Many people would love to have what you do.”
Besides, Victor would have married somebody else one day. What did it matter if it was Olivia?
I stood and went to the double glass doors that led onto my new balcony. Pushing one side open, I stepped outside.
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