Chapter 56

Penelope turns to him, narrowing her eyes. Despite the heavy weather, she doesn't seem completely angry.

"Who said it needs to be like this? I'm a woman, and I don't want to have children. This does not make me inferior to a friend who wants a house full of children. I don't want to get married now, but that doesn't make me any less happy with myself. The world is immense, beautiful, and clining to what others dictate as an absolute truth is the same as spitting at the feet of those who created all this for us.”

She can't see, but the smile that my sister displays on her little lips is watered with gratitude. A clear relief for not being the only one to think the same.

"Particularly" Hunter begins, wiping his throat. "I believe that men and women are free to choose their own paths, otherwise none of the pleasures of life would be worth it. Including falling in love with the opposite of what we are.”

While everyone murmurs in agreement, I face the ring with the black