LOGINI tried not to look too disappointed and just focused on buttering Nora’s pancakes.“Good morning,” Sophia chirped brightly, sliding into the seat beside me with a cup of coffee.“Morning,” I muttered.Kieran nodded at her but didn’t say anything. He took a sip of his coffee and flicked his newspape
Charlotte’s POVThe next morning, I felt marginally better about everything—or maybe it was just the way I woke to Nora jumping on the bed, making me smile, that made everything feel a little easier.“Mommy!” Nora landed on her knees, nearly slamming me in the head in the process. “You’re finally aw
“You’re sorry?” I repeated.There was a pause. He drew in a breath as if steeling himself before he muttered, “I shouldn’t have yelled at you like that. It’s just… I saw you in her dress and it made me snap.”I glanced at him sideways. He was staring at his glass again, a forlorn look on his face. I
Charlotte’s POVAfter a very long and very quiet dinner, the server came with the check. Kieran paid, and we all got up to leave.“I want to take Nora for ice cream,” Sophia announced, holding out her hand to Nora. “There’s a gelato place down by the boardwalk that’s supposed to be amazing.”Nora lo
Kieran frowned. “What do you mean?”“I gave her the dress,” Nora hiccuped. “I went into that closet you always say not to go into and I found it and I thought Mommy would look pretty in it. So I put it in her suitcase.”My heart stopped.No. No, she was lying. Nora was lying for me because she could
Charlotte’s POVI froze, looking down at the burgundy silk dress. “What’s wrong with it?” I asked.Kieran’s voice was low and dangerous. “Where did you get it?”“Sophia gave it to me. She said you bought it—”“I didn’t buy you anything.” His eyes were cold. “That dress belonged to my wife.”The word
I was taken by a servant to a lavish room on the top floor to unpack. Doing so took me less than five minutes- I truly didn’t have much.Looking at my meagre possessions spread on the antique boudoir surface was somewhat depressing. How small a footprint my life had left so far!My stomach rumbled a
Charlotte’s POV“We’ll see how your rules make me obey!”The provocative words fell from my lips as though by accident. I cringed as Kieran’s expression turned grim. His lips curled contemptuously.“I will watch you obey,” he promised ominously, “Now go.” He pointed down the hallway towards the cent
Charlotte’s POVKieran and I both froze at Nora’s soft words.“I want you to marry my dad.”She reached for Kieran’s hand as well, then tried to put our two hands together. Neither Kieran nor I knew what to do, but as our fingertips brushed, I felt that same shocking jolt of electricity I had felt w
Charlotte’s POV“Who is it, Sophia?” the belligerent she-wolf’s friends were calling from the far side of the curtain.Sophia stared at me, eyes wide in disbelief. Her haughty, beautiful face quickly composed itself into domineering arrogance.“Just some disgusting human,” she called back to the oth







