Love doesn't hurt

Previously

…The shadows of Pendleton House seemed to deepen, but within Eleanor’s heart, a fragile light of hope had been kindled. She had made a difficult choice, a dangerous choice, but one she believed was essential. For Laura, and for the memory of Dolores, she would risk everything. The escape was being orchestrated, a quiet rebellion against the suffocating grip of the Pendleton name, a desperate gamble to ensure that Laura’s story would be one of freedom, not of sorrow. The seeds of her departure were sown, and soon, London’s fog would conceal a young woman stepping into a new dawn, leaving behind the gilded cage and the man who sought to keep her forever within its bars.