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... him, not for a single second!
Lily stared at her hands, a wave of nausea crashing over her. She wanted nothing more than to spit his offer back in his face, but in the end, she didn't push him away.
At thirteen, when her family's fortunes had crumbled, she had learned the harsh lesson of weighing costs and benefits as she watched her aunt haggle over the price of cabbage at the market.
In her aunt's words, how much was dignity worth per pound? Whoever wanted it, she'd sel ...
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