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08.08.2026 20:37:02Theodore.
I heard her before I saw her, she had a habit of greeting loudly, it wasn't a bad one, it brightened up people's days like it did mine even though it wasn't directed at me.The outer door clicked open and closed again, then her voice pitched at a higher register she used when she'd already decided to be annoyed with me before she even walked in."He's outside right now," she said, tossing her coat on the couch before dropping into the chair across from my
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The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister 65: Sacrifice
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The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister 64: Unexpected Visit
Bella My hands found my mouth and covered it.Me? Right hands? For Hilda's painting of Theo.No no…noOh my God! I turned away from the painting, dropped my hand to my waist, and my mind ran a thousand miles.The earlier excitement had curdled into something closer to dread. What if I ruined it. What if my hands, however trained, however careful, weren't enough to finish honoring whatever she'd been reaching for when illness or exhaustion or whatever had actually taken her stopped her from finishing it herself. What if Theo ever found out I'd touched this without him even knowing it existed, on top of everything else neither of us had told the other lately.No way on earth was I going to do it. I'll pack it up, write up a note and send it over.It wasn't in my place to do any of this.I left the frame and walked back to the main house on shaky legs, needing water.I was still standi
The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister 63: Unworthy hands
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The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister 62: Dinner with you
TheoI smiled and greeted Benny as he took my coat as soon as the elevator chimed open, making me wonder if he'd been waiting there for me all night after I'd told him I would be late.There was no reason to be late, no late meetings, no emergencies, it was only my dread of having a conversation with my wife.I'd successfully kept my own ill feelings to myself, there was no telling how I would react or if I would be able to control it. I'd been nursing the green that spilled over my insides after watching Harper and my wife that day.How close they stood together, the way she'd drawn close.Harper hasn't been in the office since then, he'd been on a trip to Singapore for business.“Dinner is set young sir.” He fondly said.Benny's been bent on doing things like this for me despite my orders to leave a job that no longer served him and just act like an old man and retire to his grandkids up south. He never listened. Not e
The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister 61: pressed flower
MirabellaI checked my phone for the fourth time in less than ten minutes, the message still sitting there unanswered Dinner tonight? you've been distantThe two little ticks are grey instead of blue, delivered but not read, or read and ignored, I couldn't tell which was worse.When was the last time I was so hung up on a reply from someone, let alone someone who should hold an insignificant place in my life.I locked the screen, stuffed my phone into my bag and looked up to find Sergei watching me from across the atrium with an amused expression. I'd never been more irritated by a person's happiness. "What are you looking at?" I said, sharper than I intended and I didn't regret it."Nothing." He threw his face not quick enough because I caught his smile.I rolled my eyes at him "I'm allowed to check my phone, no?""You are." again, a faint, infuriating smile. "I'm simply observing.""Well, o
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The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister Chapter 5: Mirabella
Mirabella I needed air but even though I was breathing it wasn't enough. My throat had stretched so thin that air just couldn't pass through. The air pricked my throat, it couldn't pass through and the ones that did constricted my chest.The ache was dull at first but the pain began to pull, to te
The Bride He Wanted Was Never My Sister Theo
I got down first and fastened my suit jacket. The entirety of this wedding would be a success only if I got the expression I wanted from my wife.My wife.I was watching her from the moment she stepped out of the car, she was distracted from the view, adjusting her train and eventually pulling off
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