Se connecter“Give me your hands,” he ordered, coldly. I froze, watching him loosen his tie as he walked closer. Something about him felt… off. Mean. Distant. My throat went dry, but I gave him my hands anyway. He gripped my wrists—tight enough for my pulse to throb under his fingers. He wrapped the tie around them and pulled, dragging me up the bed like an animal on a leash. My back hit the headboard. Before I could react, he tied the other end of the tie to the frame. Then he reached for the veil on the nightstand. “What are you doing?” I asked, heart racing. He didn’t answer….just placed the veil over my head like I was a doll. “Making sure I don’t see your face and wish it was hers,” he said, unbuttoning his shirt. I blinked. “Hers?” He leaned in. His jaw clenched. “Your twin sister,” he said. “I wanted her. Not you.” His words felt like someone yanked the floor right under me. “I should be with her,” he added cruelly. “Loving her. Worshiping her. Not stuck with a knockoff pretending to be my wife.” I couldn’t breathe. My hands fought the tie, but it was useless. I was trapped, veiled and bound. Lucian didn’t want me. He wanted ‘her’ instead. —------------- Losing her clinic was devastating. Facing eviction was worse. But accepting a mysterious nursing job? That was desperation at its finest. What Scarlett Ashford didn’t expect was that her patient would be her terminally ill twin, the same sister she’d cut ties with. And Lucian Montgomery, her sister’s cold billionaire husband, offered her a proposition far beyond medical care. He wanted her to be his surrogate. Scarlett wonders—what twisted melodrama has she gotten herself into?
Voir plusSienna tilts her head, studying my face like she's reading a book she's already finished."Feel better now?"I sniffle. Wipe my nose with the back of my hand. Classy. Real classy."I feel stupid," I admit. "I just cried on you like a toddler who lost her favorite toy. My eyes feel like someone poured sand in them. And my face is so puffy I probably look like I lost a fight with a beehive."She doesn't laugh."...Yes," I mutter. "I feel better."She smiles. A soft smile that makes me want to cry all over again."Good. Now. Are you ready to talk?"I shrug. "I guess so."A bit of silence before my interrogation commences."When did you first notice?"I frown. "Notice what?"Her smile widens. "When did you notice you were having feelings for my husband?"My face does something, a twitch maybe, I’m not sure. But I’m sure it was funny enough for Sienna's bad cop act to make her giggle, the sound makes my embarrassment spike from a simmer to a full boil. She’s really enjoying her time, maki
My brain short-circuits.That's the only way to describe it, every circuit in my head just... dies. Fizzles out. Leaves nothing but static and the high-pitched whine of panic.“Since when have you had feelings for Lucian?”The question echoes, bounding off the walls of my skull..How long has she known? Did she always know? Was it obvious? Did everyone know aside from me? Did Lucian figure it out before I did?I open my mouth. Close it. Open it again.Nothing comes out.Say something. Say anything! Lie if you have too. Deflect. Laugh it off like it's the punchline to a joke you don't get. Tell her she's being ridiculous, that you hate him, that you've always hated him, that the very idea is insane and she should probably let me examine her head examined for even suggesting—But the words won't come.Because she's looking at me with those eyes. Those green eyes that have known me since before either of us understood what "known" meant. And lying to her right now would be like lying to
I rush over to her like a woman possessed. My eyes probably look wild and instinctively unhinged. I'm not even sure what face I'm making, but judging by the way Sienna's smile falters, it's not a confident one. I grab her shoulders. Spin her toward the light. Stare.Her hair. Her beautiful, luscious, I-would-kill-for-this-hair hair.It's gone.The long blonde waves that always caught the sun like spun gold, that she treated better than some people treat their children, that she'd brush exactly one hundred strokes every night since we were twelve— is gone. Chopped clean off. Reduced to a straight bob that hovers just above her shoulders like sharp, geometric punishment."Oh. My God!," I breathe. "What did you freaking do."Sienna blinks at me. Puzzled. Oblivious to the fact she just committed a crime against nature."What?" she asks."Your hair!" I yell. "You cut your freaking hair!"I step back. Point at her head like it's a crime scene. My voice goes up an octave."Oh my God. Oh my G
Moving my body feels so much like a hassle. The ceiling stares back at me, same as it has for the past—I don't even know how long. Sunlight's bleeding through the curtains, so bright and aggressive, It’s cursing at me for rotting so long in bed. My head pounds. My mouth tastes like regret and old lipstick.Yesterday was a disaster waiting to happen. It just needed the perfect trigger to set everything ablaze.And boy, did we deliver.I'm still wearing my gala outfit. The champagne dress is wrinkled beyond saving, twisted around my legs like it tried to strangle me in my sleep. One heel is on the floor. The other's somewhere near the bathroom. I don't remember kicking them off. I don't remember much after—I squeeze my eyes shut. But that doesn't stop the replay. Lucian's face. His words. The way he looked at me like I was something he'd scraped off his shoe."You keep pretending you're fighting for your dignity, but deep down you're still the same broke girl who spread her legs for a
Damien downs the rest of his drink in one long swallow, throat working like he’s trying to drown something more than just the drink itself. “The man of the hour,” he mutters, voice thick with taunting. “No matter how hard I try, I really can’t stand him. Everything about that old bastard and thi
The moment we step into the ballroom, my senses are hit with a wave of gold, crystal, and the faintest hint of expensive perfume. Chandeliers hang like frozen explosions above us, spilling warm light over polished floors that reflect every movement. The room stretches endlessly, a grand ocean of mi
The ride to the gala feels longer than it actually is.The car glides through the city in smooth silence, the engine humming low and steady. I sit alone in the back seat, hands folded in my lap, staring at my reflection in the tinted window. My face looks calm. So calm and composed, I’ll bet a mill
I stare at my reflection and barely recognize the woman looking back at me. No matter how many times I’ve dressed and practiced to look exactly like her, it still baffles me at how easy it was. I guess being identical twins has it’s weird perks.The dress I’m wearing hugs every curve like it was s
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