Simple things (1)

"I apologise for letting my anger get the best of me while there was a crowd around us."

Scarlet looked away from the carriage window to Ian sitting directly opposite her. "You don't need to apologise when you are defending me. He wasn't going to stop until one of us reacted that way. Thank you for speaking up as much as you did today. It was good to take a break from protecting myself."

"I fail to see why many dislike you so much that they would allow him to talk to you as he pleases. You're the heiress of the large Collins estate. Your status is not to be ignored," said Ian.

"I have not spoken to many of the people speaking ill of me for there to be a personal problem. They always bring up my wealth or the estate so I have assumed that it is jealousy. I sit on wealth and people with greed in their body do not like that they cannot get their hands on it," Scarlet replied, thinking of a few relatives.