Chapter Twelve

HELENA’S POV

Our two weeks of forced honeymoon had passed. We returned immediately after the date elapsed because Alexander needed to go for a serious business conference with his biggest investors and the reason why we are both in this shit hole called a marriage. I had to continue my duty as an unwanted wife. And with the way Alexander treated me back at the hotel in Canada I have vowed to stay on my own and not interfere in his business. I had no one to pour out my heart to except Gabriel who is prohibited from visiting me in this mansion. My dad comes to lawn the grasses and trim the flowers only when they are due. I was trapped, locked and imprisoned for some foolish reasons. I know it's Isabella’s plot to enslave my family forever. My father who has a terminal illness needs my care at this point but I’m not available to look after the only man who has given me shelter all these years. I owed him life. This week I was going to do things that made me happy; to totally ignore the