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The Wedding That Wasn't 2
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RIGHTFULLY MINE The Breaking Point
OWEN'S POV “Come see me after the trial. No matter how this ends, I'll tell you everything.”I couldn’t shake Chloe’s words. They stuck with me even as the trial resumed and the judge’s voice filled the room.She hadn’t told me straight out who had attacked her but she didn’t have to. The way she gazed at Austin when she was talking, it was as good as saying his name out loud.But I couldn’t shake the doubt. Was Austin capable of something like that? Hurting Chloe in her cell, just to silence her? It felt too harsh.Yet, the man I have been watching all morning looked like someone who was desperate. And a desperate man was capable of doing anything.What bothered me the most was not Chloe’s bruises, it was her promise.I had no idea what Chloe planned to tell me but I felt like it was going to change everything.I looked at Zoe where she sat quietly. She seemed lost in thought. Austin sat next to her, visibly angry.Something was coming. I could feel it.The judge banged the gavel an
RIGHTFULLY MINE Bruised but Unbowed
CHLOE'S POV I shouldn't be here.The prison nurse told me to stay in bed and rest. That I should let my bruises heal and shouldn't strain my wound. But they didn’t get why I couldn't miss this trial. It was my one chance. My only chanceThey thought the attack would break me.Maybe it almost did. My ribs screamed with every breath, my head throbbed and the guard who wheeled me into the prison hospital told me I was “lucky to be alive.” But luck had nothing to do with it. Whoever sent that man into my cell didn’t want me dead — just silenced. Just weak enough to keep me from walking into that courtroom.Austin. It had to be Austin.I could still remember his warning.I knew what he was capable of and for the first time in a long time, fear crept in. But fear wasn’t enough to keep me down. Fear wasn’t stronger than revenge.Pain medication made it bearable but my body feels weak, sore and uncooperative. Still I forced myself to get up. My hands trembled as I signed the refusal papers.
RIGHTFULLY MINE Blood before Freedom
CHLOE'S POV Tomorrow is the trial. I couldn’t sleep, my mind was restless. Tomorrow could change everything. Tomorrow could be the day I tasted freedom again—or at least the edge of it. Probation, reduced sentence… anything less than rotting in here would be a victory.I couldn’t stop thinking about Austin’s words. His voice was calm but laced with the kind of threat only a man like him could deliver. He looked at me like I was already dead. I hated that it shook me. Austin is the kind of man who got away with everything because of his money and power.But then there was Owen.Of all people, I never expected him to come here. Yet he did—stood across from me with his lawyer at his side, speaking with the kind of controlled fire that made me believe him. He told me the date was fixed. He told me that his lawyer would push for probation or at least a sentence cut, but only if I kept my end of the deal. I’d have to tell him everything. Every last detail about Austin.It was almost laug
RIGHTFULLY MINE Shadows of Truth
AUSTIN’S POV I was stuck on Chloe’s last words long after they took her away.“Think about it, Austin. You put me here. But you will be the one to pay the price.”I sat there, fists clenched trying to shake her words. But it stuck with me, igniting my hidden fears.She was desperate, cornered, broken down by cold walls and endless nights behind bars, and yet… her words had found their mark.Yes, I had lied to Zoe. I had twisted her memory loss into something that served me, that tied her closer to me than truth ever could. But it was for her own good. For Jamie’s good. For us.Wasn’t it?I had built walls around Zoe, carefully and deliberately, but Chloe’s sneer made me wonder how long those walls could really hold.I told myself I’d done it to protect her—from Chloe, from Owen, from the shadows of a past that would only hurt her if she remembered. But tonight, when Zoe looked at me and asked why there's no pictures of our wedding day, I saw something in her eyes that I couldn't esca
RIGHTFULLY MINE The Price of Control
AUSTIN’S POV “Austin… Why is there no picture from our wedding day?” Zoe spoke with uncertainty. I froze. Panic set in as the question hung in the air. She was watching me with that searching look that made me feel uneasy.I couldn’t let her see me falter. Not now.I forced a soft smile “You told me you didn’t want them Zoe,” I spoke softly, sounding hurt. “You said you wanted the memory to live in your heart, not in a frame. I respected that.”Her brows knit together. She looked uncertain, but that was good—uncertainty I could work with. Doubt could be shifted.I leaned in, whispering. “I remember the way you said it that night, that it didn’t matter if the world saw us or not. All that mattered was us.”I let the words hang, heavy with intimacy. Manipulation disguised as devotion.But inside, I was already on edge. She was asking questions now, questions that might expose the truth.She kept looking at me, and for a second I thought she might confront me. That she might say no, t
RIGHTFULLY MINE An important day with no trace
OWEN'S POV Zoe’s eyes followed me out of the café, like she needed more. I was hurt by the words that slipped out of me. I wish I hadn't said that. It was probably too much. But she'll never know if I keep quiet.I saw the confusion in her eyes. I wish I could tell her everything but I couldn’t. Not there. Not if it will hurt her more.So I left her with a fragment. A thread she could tug at when the silence in Austin’s house grew too loud. A breadcrumb pointing to the day that changed everything for her—for both of us. If she followed it, maybe she’d find me again. Maybe she’d find herself.Still, walking away from her felt like walking away from air. I was tight with rage. Because I remember even if she doesn’t.When I got into the car, I felt trapped. I didn’t start the car. I sat frozen, holding the wheel tightly. My chest hurt more. I couldn’t sit still. I pulled out my phone and called my lawyer.“Any progress?” My voice was sharper than I meant it to be but I didn’t care.He
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