Chapter 53.

"What do you mean that we shouldn't go to the ball?" Blake asked Diana.

"I don't want us to go because I see that it isn't a good idea. I want us to spend the night alone together, just the two of us," Diana said and held onto him with pleading eyes.

She didn't want Blake to attend the ball and get to see how beautiful Angela would be at the ball. She felt that it would take Blake's attention from her as his eyes would be on Angela while Blake was scared that Douglas would steal his place if he didn't show up at the ball to...