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CHAPTER 69: Vance
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THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE CHAPTER 81: Something else
CHAPTER 81: Something elseThe ride back home was suffocating. After I stormed out of father's house with Madelyn, there had not been another word said. My wife had not said a word. She hadn’t told me what that woman had been saying to her before I arrived, but I had a clear idea. The silence between us wasn’t peaceful, unlike at the island. It was heavy. Charged. Like a storm that had already passed but with a promise of more violent ones to come, leaving the air tasting of iron and smoke. I had earlier sent Julia to the office to tidy up a few things before she would head home, so it was just the two of us in the car. I kept my eyes on the window, jaw tight, one hand gripping my mobile phone tightly and the other resting against my thigh, clenched.Finally we arrived home, and as we pulled into the drive, I saw the lights in the foyer already glowing. Home. For Madelyn, I hoped it would bring some sense of relief and safety. I believed that today had been too much for her as well.
THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE CHAPTER 80: Never alone
CHAPTER 80: Never alone I knew Nicole. She and her gang were making my life miserable in college. She was the most popular girl. The beautiful, perfect girl who had come before me. Patricia had intentionally dropped her name like a stone in water, waiting to see how deep the ripples went. Vance’s jaw tightened immediately, his grip on my hand tightening as well. “Mother,” he warned, his tone low. He turned to me, his thumb brushing my knuckles. “Don’t listen to that. I don't care about any other girl. You’re the one I’m with now. You’re the one I chose. Not Nicole. She's in my past.”I offered a small smile that was forced with all of my strength.But Patricia wasn’t finished. “I apologise if I offended your guest, my son.” She flicked her cold gaze to me now. “I'm sure you can understand, Madelyn. It’s just… difficult, you know. To see him with someone so… ordinary after Nicole.” She tilted her head, feigning gentleness, but the venom was unmistakable. “I suppose time changes all
THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE CHAPTER 79: The first time I met Patricia
CHAPTER 79: The first time I met Patricia I told myself to stay calm, to hold my expression steady, but inside, Patricia’s words coiled like serpents, their venom spreading poisonously through me. Vance. Again. Around me. I don't want to be anywhere around him. My throat tightened as if the very thought could suffocate me, yet I refused to let her see my fear. Not her. Never her.Patricia leaned back, her elegant poise immaculate. There was a very visible shimmer of triumph lighting up her green eyes. She really thrived on the havoc she sowed, and it was clear she enjoyed watching me squirm under the weight of possibilities I dared not voice aloud. “You suddenly look quite pale, dear. I wonder what the problem could be?” She inclined her head, mock concern and confusion dancing on her face.Julia stepped forward. “Madelyn. Are you—”I cut her off, stopping her dead in her tracks with a raise of a hand while my eyes were still trained on Patricia’s face.“I'm fine. I don't need assis
THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE CHAPTER 78: Passed around
CHAPTER 78: Passed around“You’re wasting your breath,” I said finally, voice sharper now. “Because I don’t care to hear about your fantasies of family dinners, gatherings or whatever nonsense you have in your head, or even ties that don’t exist. That will never exist. You’ll excuse me if I don’t toast to your little fairytale.”The room descended into a heavy silence that was thick with tension. I prayed for Zachary to step through those doors so we could leave. I was barely managing to hold it together. Something else was nipping at the corners of my mind. If Patricia hated me this much, what would happen when she learned the truth of what her precious son had on me? I shuddered thinking about it. Patricia noticed my trembling and smiled. “Are you cold, dear?”I glared at her without answering. Her smile tightened, though her eyes still glittered with malice. “Oh, Madelyn, don’t be so cold. The thing is, I think you might actually enjoy being passed between family. I honestly thi
THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE CHAPTER 77: The only Mrs Blackwood
CHAPTER 77: The only Mrs Blackwood The moment Zachary disappeared into his father’s study, the silence in the room thickened, pressing heavily and undeniably against me like a storm about to break, no matter how I tried to ignore it. I walked stiffly to the nearest couch and lowered into it, all this avoiding eye contact with Patricia and even Julia. I sat rigidly, every nerve in my body thrumming with the weight of what I’d just learned. What it implied and what could happen if it really pushed through. Isaac Blackwood. A fiance. A marriage. Patricia. My heart still stumbled at the name, at the sheer absurdity of it. At the danger that it posed to me and my safety, my sanity. Yet there she was, sitting across from me like a queen who had claimed her throne and dared anyone to challenge her.Patricia’s lips curved into that smile I had come to dread, the kind that wasn’t a smile at all but a sharpened blade dressed in silk. She sat opposite me, still in the spot she had been sitti
THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE CHAPTER 76: Live with it
CHAPTER 76: Live with itFather’s jaw tightened, but his voice didn’t rise. He leaned back in the chair, and crossed one leg over the other.“You’re too hotheaded. Always have been. Not every fight is won by force, Zachary. Sometimes—”“Don’t!” I snapped, stepping closer, my fists clenched at my sides. “Don’t lecture me. Don't you dare sit there and tell me this is strategy. This sudden plunge into matrimony with that woman is not some genius plan engineered to be a secret winning strategy. Patricia isn’t a tactic. She’s a threat to Madelyn. To me. To our family. To everything you built, and you damn well know it.”He held my gaze, steel meeting steel, and for a moment it was like staring into a mirror of my own future. Same cold eyes, same hard lines. I saw my future as I shot daggers at my father who didn’t seem to be bothered. It was either that, or the old man was just too damn good at hiding it. Except I would never be having this conversation with my son about walking into an in
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