LOGINThey say birds of a feather flock together… but no one expects them to fall in love with the same man. As a lonely child trapped by his family’s expectations, Adrian Lewis found comfort in Natalie, an orphan who treated him like an ordinary boy. Before they were separated, he promised to return and marry her. Years later, Adrian is a cold businessman who believes love is an illusion. He agrees to an arranged marriage with Maria Daves to strengthen both families’ businesses. But Maria, heartbroken by another man, has no intention of becoming his wife. Discovering she has an identical twin sister, Natalie, who was raised in an orphanage, Maria secretly arranges for Natalie to work at the wedding as a chef before disappearing on the wedding day. Mistaken for the missing bride in the chaos, Natalie is rushed through the ceremony before anyone realizes the truth. She is legally married to Adrian. Determined to reveal the mistake, Natalie hesitates after experiencing a life of security and opportunity she never imagined. She chooses to continue living as Maria. As Adrian grows closer to his “wife,” he begins recognizing the warmth, kindness, and artistic spirit of the orphan girl he never forgot. Without realizing it, he falls in love with Natalie all over again. Then Maria returns, consumed by jealousy. To reclaim the life she rejected, she pretends to be Natalie, the childhood love Adrian has spent years searching for. When the truth unravels, Adrian discovers the woman he married was never Maria. She was Natalie, the girl he promised to return for, and the woman he unknowingly fell in love with twice.
View MoreCHAPTER 7The black Rolls-Royce glided silently through the towering iron gates of the Lewis estate before merging onto the quiet streets of Panilton.Morning traffic had already begun to build, but inside the luxury car, everything remained calm.Normally, Adrian used the forty-minute drive to the office to review contracts, answer emails, or prepare for the meetings waiting for him at Lewis Corporation. His tablet rarely left his hands, and by the time he arrived at work, half his day's decisions had already been made.Today was different.The tablet lay untouched beside him.His laptop remained closed.Instead of reviewing financial reports, Adrian found himself staring absentmindedly through the tinted window as the city drifted past.His thoughts, much to his own surprise, kept wandering back to the Lewis mansion.More specifically...To the woman he had left there.A faint smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he remembered the look on Natalie's face that morning."I've deci
Later that same morning…The soft click of the bedroom door echoed through the room as Adrian left for work.Natalie stood motionless beside the bed, listening to the sound of his footsteps fade farther and farther down the hallway until the mansion became completely silent.Only then did she let out the breath she hadn't realized she had been holding.Her eyes drifted to the bedside table where the phone had been on. And how a few minutes earlier, it had carried a voice that threatened to destroy everything she had begun to hope for.Slowly, Natalie sat on the edge of the bed and wrapped her arms around herself.The conversation replayed in her mind for what felt like the hundredth time."Adriii, baby… I'm sorry. I shouldn't have run away.""Please tell me you forgive me.""I'll apologize to Papa too… Please just let me come back home."Natalie squeezed her eyes shut."No…"The whisper escaped before she could stop it."It couldn’t be Maria."She opened her eyes again and stared bla
That evening, the mansion felt strangely peaceful.The tension from earlier had faded into quiet silence.Natalie wandered through the halls absentmindedly until she stopped in front of a framed photograph resting on one of the walls.It was Adrian and Maria.Much younger.Teenagers, maybe.Maria stood beside him smiling confidently while Adrian looked noticeably colder even back then.Natalie tilted her head slightly.“So who exactly are you?” she murmured softly to the girl in the photo.After everything that had happened, she still hadn’t fully processed the strangest part of all this—Why did Maria look exactly like her?Natalie sighed softly.“She probably ran away because of that overly controlling man,” she muttered with a small laugh.Unfortunately for her—That “overly controlling man” was standing directly behind her.“You find me controlling?”Natalie nearly screamed.She spun around quickly to find Adrian leaning casually against the hallway entrance.“How long have you be
Morning arrived far too quickly.For a few peaceful seconds, Natalie forgot where she was.She lay beneath impossibly soft blankets, staring sleepily at the unfamiliar ceiling above her.Then reality returned.The wedding.The mansion.The stranger she had somehow married.Her eyes widened."Oh."She sat upright."Right."A groan escaped her."That happened."Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating every corner of the enormous bedroom.Natalie looked around slowly.The room was bigger than the entire dormitory she had shared with six girls at St. Mary's Orphanage.Gold detailing decorated the ceiling.Elegant furniture filled every corner.Fresh flowers sat arranged on nearby tables.Even the carpet looked expensive.None of it felt real.Natalie climbed out of bed.Her bare feet touched the cool marble floor."What exactly am I supposed to do here?"A knock interrupted her thoughts.She froze."Madam?"Natalie blinked.Madam?The word sounded ridiculous.Be






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