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My heart trembles and I hide it by clearing my throat.âWhat⌠what do you mean by that?âEstel sighs and settles into the couch beside me. Sheâs staring at the ceiling, that dead tone still in her voice as she speaks, âI havenât been around lately, but it doesnât mean I donât know whatâs happening, Lyra.I know the fact that youâre still here means you and Christian have come to an agreement, am I wrong?âMy heart is shaking and it makes me do something silly. I respond with emotion instead of logic, âHe said he loves me.âIvan must have said that too, but that didnât stop him from betraying Estelâs trust. I know even though we donât say it, weâre both thinking it. I see as much through the look in Estelâs eyes.She smiles and takes my hand in hers before giving it a light squeeze, âChristianâs love wonât save you from the chaos of the world he lives in.Do you know why famous, high-standing families value their secrets and privacy so much, Lyra?â She doesnât give me the chance to ans
If thereâs anything I expected to see this morning, it wasnât Cassie sitting comfortably on a talk show and talking trash about me.âHow long did you know the Storm interloper now identified as Lyra Benett?âCassie makes a show of tossing her hair behind her back with the help of a perfectly manicured nail before resting against the couch as she answers, âLyra and I have known ourselves all our lives.To her, we only crossed paths in college but everyone around us knows itâs more than that. No, Lyra and I have been connected all our lives. Sheâs just so oblivious to whatâs going on around her that she failed to realize it.If you want to know how long we were friends though, Lyra and I had a friendly kind of relationship for the past four years.âCassie has never been the kind to do well in an interview and even though I think she spills a lot of irrelevant things here, thereâs still enough shock in me to keep my eyes glued onto the screen and ignore her errors.First of all, we haven
Hey everyone đI'm so sorry Iâve been a little quiet lately. Life has been a bit hectic on my end, but if you're still here, i really appreciate you all sticking around. Iâm back now, and Iâll be keeping the updates steady from here on out! â¨Your comments always brighten my day and push me to keep writing, so donât be shy, drop your thoughts, theories, or even just a quick hello under this post so i can find them.If youâd like to support the story, voting with gems, reccomending to friends, and leaving five star reviews are very very helpful.Thank you for being patient with me. I canât wait to share the next chapters with you!
âMiss Bennett.âThe hand that shakes me awake is awkwardly gentle, like itâs hesitant to touch, and when it does it makes sure not to linger.Thatâs strange since Estel usually shakes me awake like sheâs trying to rattle my brains out. And Christian⌠well, Christian has never woken me up from bed, but I know if he did, he wouldnât be touching me so sparingly.Christianâs touches are bold. Flirtatious.Theyâre what I crave in this moment, and my mind betrays me by letting a moan slip out as I think those thoughts. The next time my name is called, thereâs an urgent note to it. âMiss Bennett, you have to wake up.âThe first thing my muddled brain picks up is that neither Christian nor Estel would call me Miss BennettâŚ. which means whoever is speaking isnât one of them. My eyes snap open immediately as fear shoots through me like a spear.My vision clears and I find two black-suited men standing in my room. This time, it doesnât take much time to realize theyâre Christianâs men, but if th
Lyra's pov.Christianâs car is waiting for me at the cemetery when iâm done and for a minute, i hope heâs here waiting for me.For a minute i hope heâs waiting in that car, so i can unload some of the grief in my heart to him, but when i get in and see heâs not i realize how silly it was for me to think he would still be waiting here.I was the one who told him to go handle the ruin thatâs probably going on right now because of what happened last night at the fundraiser. I was so angry at him last night, but maybe the trip here was helpful, since right now iâm not as angry as i was before, and now i can understand why Christian might not want to deal with last night as much as i donât want to too.For me, it was my reputation that was tarnished. For him, itâs the memory of a day he wanted to celebrate his mother. If thereâs anyone i should be angry at, then it should be fucking Levi.âWhere to Miss Bennett?âThe sound of the driverâs voice makes me jump a bit, and i clench my hand ove
My response is swift.âNo.âThe expression on my fatherâs face doesnât lessen in itâs anger and the annoyance in my bones does not lessen as he tries to intimidate, âNo?Did you hear anything i said at all?âI nod, âI heard everything you said, but thereâs nothing there for me to pay heed to because thereâs nothing i want to do in all youâve said. You didnât really call me here to tell me how to live my life did you?â I really should stop asking all these questions because he always has an answer.He always does.âI didnât call you to tell you how to live your life. I summoned you here to tell you how i want you to live your life, how the Storm empire mandates you live your life! Anything else is not allowed.ââYou do not tell me what to do.âThe words feel false on my lips but i put as much confidence as i can in it.He doesnât tell me what to do⌠but iâm not negotiating with just any man and i know that. My mind knows it because each minute spent in this study reminds me of the for