"Autumn! Autumn!" Yvette Zimmerman finally broke down, rushing forward to embrace Autumn Shelby. "Don't say another word, please, don't say another word..." she sobbed. "It was all my fault. I didn't protect you. I'm the one who ruined your life!"
She had once believed that if Autumn married Seth Quinn, she would become the young mistress of the Quinn family, the future matriarch. She would live a pampered life, enjoying endless splendor and riches, envied and flattered by everyone in Novaria.
She had thought she was doing what was best for her daughter, but she never imagined it would be her ruin.
Listening from the side, Clara Grant couldn't help but feel a wave of melancholy. 'That's right,' she thought. 'If the Shelby family hadn't drilled it into Autumn's head from childhood that she absolutely had to marry Seth Quinn, maybe she wouldn't have become so hopelessly obsessed.'
