My sister, Katherine Guzman, fell ill, but she refused to take her medicine, insisting she wanted a Bakewell tart from Yorkshire.
When my fiancé, Earl Christopher Hinchcliffe, heard about it, he immediately sent people to fetch one overnight.
Later, I came down with a persistent cough that left a bitter taste in my mouth. Craving something sweet, I begged him to buy me some honey.
He did bring back a jar, but he took it straight to Katherine. As for me, all I got was a single hard candy. “Too much sugar is bad for your teeth, Clare. This will help just as well.”
Seeing my distress, my brother, Matthew Guzman, shook his head. “If it weren’t for Kate talking him into it, Lord Hinchcliffe would’ve called off the engagement long ago. You’re robust, Clare. You don’t actually need the honey. Stop making a fuss.”
But I was the one who had known Christopher first.
He used to adore my lively, spirited nature.
So why did I now need Katherine’s persuasion just to keep this engagement intact?
As I thought back on everything, the difference in how he treated us became painfully clear.Â
Anything Katherine wanted, Christopher always found a way to get for her. But whenever I wanted something, it somehow slipped his mind.
Even my parents believed I was unimaginably lucky to secure this engagement. When they saw that I had failed to win his heart, they actually told me to let Katherine have him instead.
I simply nodded. “Alright.”
I’m Done Letting My Sister Take It All Chapter 02 The basement was dreadfully quiet and cold. As I knelt upon the hard floor, the sheer injustice of it all pressed down on me, filling my chest with a bitter ache. Things hadn’t been like this five years ago. Back then, the Queen Dowager, Lauren
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I’m Done Letting My Sister Take It All Chapter 01 My sister, Katherine Guzman, fell ill, but she refused to take her medicine, insisting she wanted a Bakewell tart from Yorkshire. When my fiancé, Earl Christopher Hinchcliffe, heard about it, he immediately sent people to fetch one overnight. Later, I came down with a persistent
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