She Proposed, I Said No

Summary

Everyone in our circle knew me as Violet Gilman's devoted lapdog of a boyfriend.

If she told me to jump into a river, I jumped. If she wanted me kneeling in the rain all night, I knelt through the night.

I was so obedient that when she kept a boy toy on the side, I'd even volunteer to bring him condoms.

People in our circle praised her for raising such a good lapdog, and sneered at me, certain I'd stoop to anything just to marry into money.

But when she brought up marriage herself at a family dinner, I shook my head and turned her down.