Chapter 7: You are still my wife

Chapter 7: You are still my wife

"We should be able to sell this," Belle remarked as she and Mia carefully sorted through her collection of jewelry. They had spent hours packing items of value that could fetch a fair sum and had managed to gather quite a few.

"Thank goodness I did not refuse his gifts," Belle added with a wide smile, envisioning the amount of money the trinkets would bring. She had never cared much for extravagant things, but out of politeness, or perhaps reluctance to upset the Duke, she had always accepted them. Her initial intention had been to pass them on to those in need.

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