"Actually, I don't really want to be the family mistress."
At first both women looked extremely shocked, absolutely not believing what they'd heard before both of them exchanged glances and laughed as if they'd heard a funny joke.
"Surely you must be kidding, who would get such a chance and not want it?" Elara said laughingly.
"Though I appreciate the fact that grandfather thought me worthy enough but my priority is my marriage, a position of family mistress will just be more responsibility to carry." Anne looked for an excuse to make her rejection of the highly coveted position sound believable.
"Listen, this position won't take away from your marital duties at all. Do you know what it actually means to be the mistress of a family like the Sterling's?
