Chapter 320

After hearing the news, Anne stood outside the ward, shaken to the core. Then, she quietly slipped away. Inside Donovan's ward, the Kanes were already in an uproar. "You want to marry that bitch? Don't even dream about it!" Dorothea's face had gone pale with rage. She trembled so badly that she had to sit down to keep from collapsing. "Unless I'm dead and gone, you'll never have your way with this nonsense!" she barked. "As long as I'm alive, I will never allow it!" "That's right!" Grace added, her tone sharp. "Don, we might have given in if you really didn't want to marry Anne. You could have found someone else of equal social standing, but how could you throw everything away just to marry that bitch? That's madness!" She continued, "Let's set aside all the rotten things she'd done to you. Oh, and let's not forget, she was trafficked abroad and forced into the world's oldest profession. Her reputation is beyond ruined! With her filthy past and chaotic private life, she isn't even