Anyone who questioned him was quickly pushed away.
The evening before her wedding, Rosalie discovered a small brass key concealed inside her mother’s old sewing box. She suspected it belonged to a locked archive that Emmett had guarded obsessively for years.
Without telling anyone, she carefully stitched the key into the lining of her wedding corset.
A few hours later, two men employed by her father stormed into her bedroom. They searched her belongings and demanded to know what she’d stolen.
Rosalie remained silent.
They left without finding the key.
During the marriage ceremony, Emmett rested a possessive hand on his daughter’s shoulder while photographers captured the moment.
Rosalie flinched so violently that the pen slipped from her fingers and struck the floor.
Most of the guests assumed she was being dramatic.
Manuel noticed something else.
