I Think My Daughter Has Regressed (7 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 61

Ariel, having changed into a new dress, sat before the mirror.

Smudged lips and disheveled hair adorned Ariel’s face in chaotic disarray.

Perhaps due to the tightly fastened ribbon at the front of her pearly-hued, beautiful gown, Ariel felt her breath growing constricted.

She took a deep breath, causing her breathing to waver. Biting her trembling lower lip for no reason, Ariel tightly shut her eyes.

Jared Shannon had been a friend who often visited Ariel when she was very young—and whom she had visited in turn.

Although her father, Marquis Borgese, was politically aligned with the Emperor’s faction, he was in truth the kind of man who cared little whether one belonged to the nobles’ faction or the Emperor’s faction—as long as it was profitable—and thus greatly valued his friendship with the wealthy Earl Shannon.

To maintain that friendship, her father naturally used Ariel for that purpose.

This was because Jared Shannon was the only son of Earl Shannon—and because he was a man.

Ariel had been beautiful since childhood, and Earl Shannon would occasionally smile contentedly upon seeing the friendly rapport between Jared and Ariel.

Once, when they were still young, Jared and Ariel lay together on a hillside.

“I really dislike arranged marriages—things like that.”

Jared’s eyes, a bright dark brown, furrowed in displeasure.

“Arranged marriage? Really?”

Ariel tilted her head, for she had never once questioned the concept of arranged marriages.

“Ariel, do you truly believe it’s right to marry a man chosen by your family?”

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