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Darcy has kicked Elizabeth out of her office, he has threatened her with lawyers, with criminal charges, with prison time, he is also threatening her livelihood (on a second company), and keeps ruthlessly abusing her verbally, because he has been lead to believe (accurately) that she is lying to him… only not on the corporate angle he believes.
There is no way back from this. I am so mad I fell for this blurb!
— Oct 24, 2026 07:02PM
There is no way back from this. I am so mad I fell for this blurb!
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“It had only ever been meant as a little white lie between friends, not a company-wide hoax.”
Elizabeth and Bingle (Jane too) are nasty pieces of work, and I would not wish them near me, not even with a 1000 feet pole !
— Oct 24, 2026 06:53PM
Elizabeth and Bingle (Jane too) are nasty pieces of work, and I would not wish them near me, not even with a 1000 feet pole !
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Darcy is falling hard for Elizabeth, while Elizabeth, Bingley & Jane are plotting and laughing behind his back, zero regrets about lying to Darcy all this time…
— Oct 24, 2026 05:48PM
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Trying to make Darcy “woke” by claiming there is a Pemberley Reparations Fund to offset some imaginary guilt for some hereditary sins of wealth of his is A BAD JOKE [ eye roll ]
What exactly is Darcy supposed to feel guilty about?? For being wealthy? For owning land ??? Or maybe for being a White European in a post-BLM society ???
— Oct 24, 2026 03:25PM
What exactly is Darcy supposed to feel guilty about?? For being wealthy? For owning land ??? Or maybe for being a White European in a post-BLM society ???
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Almost 1/3 in, and the lie hasn’t been disclosed yet, Darcy still believes Elizabeth is dating Bingley, and it already turned tiresome — silly and contrived.
— Oct 24, 2026 03:21PM
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There is no reason for Bingley to push his deceit at this point. The basis of the conflict is feeble and lame. Let’s see how it progresses.
— Oct 24, 2026 10:06AM
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Oct 24, 2026 07:55PM
Darcy is furious (because he's been lied to, etc.), so I'm predicting that Darcy will be forced to grovel and beg forgiveness (or some other sort of humiliation ritual) even though he seems to be the injured party (because the others were lying to him). Just a guess. LOL
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I strongly believe that in life there are certain moments, certain wounds, one can’t undo or go back from… there is no way in H*ll that I will believe that any healthy relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is possible after he threatens her with jail and has her publicly humilliated by having her escorted off the premises!
Lit wrote: "I strongly believe that in life there are certain moments, certain wounds, one can’t undo or go back from… there is no way in H*ll that I will believe that any healthy relationship between Darcy an..."Yes - I totally agree. I've certainly read variations where the author has gone too far, and I can't believe that Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship is healthy or will ever be truly happy. That's why so many authors avoid adultery plots in their stories - that's definitely the type of wound you're describing.
I haven't read this one, so I didn't know how extreme Darcy's reaction was. But based on your comments, it seems he was provoked. I was hoping this story would be good (the author has written several of my favorites), but I was a bit skeptical when I read that it was a "fake relationship" where Elizabeth has to be Bingley's plus-one at an event. He couldn't give an excuse for his date? Seemed like a weak set-up.
The initial premise is straight-out childish & silly (stupid really); how three “functional” ADULTS are supposed to keep pushing for the lie until +70% of the story is inexcusable, a red flag for me — I personally believe editors should have flagged it from a writing structure perspective. I feel deceived by the blurb that led me to believe there would actually be a relationship on-page to read about (explore, read along, enjoy!).