Chapter 10

"I've decided to cancel my engagement to Liam Russell and revoke my title. I am no longer an Emerson nor your future Luna anymore." I watched as the expression of everyone's faces instantly switched to that of shock; then, the side talks started. "What's going on?" "Why is she stepping down from being the heir and getting married to Liam Russell?" "Is she out of her mind? Others would be killing to get what she has and she's throwing it away." The murmurs were infuriating but I held myself back. People judge when they don't even know much about the person they are judging so why try explaining to them when they'll only judge more? It's my life and my decision and I've chosen to live for myself, even if people see it as something so absurd and stupid to do. I gave the microphone back to Benjamin who already looks like he was about to eat me alive when; "Is your decision to leave the family related to your accident five years ago?" I felt the hair on my body stand upon hearing that quest