CHAPTER 85 -DITHERING ENDS NOW-CONNER

Conner led Merina in their bedroom. This had always been his domain, and now she’d be part of it. He sat her down on the side of the enormous bed. Conner stood over her because he wanted her attention, so he had nothing in the room distracting from their conversation. He’d get to those things later.

“I think we need to figure out what’s changing for both of us. Conner, do you want to attend this party? It’s okay, here’s the situation. They will expect Gabriella or some other socialite. I’m not a member of this social scene anymore and I won’t be welcome. Are you prepared for the damage to your reputation from being married to me that they will heap on you? Lillian and Galen’s campaign against me went far beyond isolating me from my father.” Merina had to steam roll over Conner to make her point. She was toxic to other people’s reputations if they tried to give her a break or help her recover from thinking about social pariah.

“I don’t care. They mus