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Chapter Twenty Six
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2026-02-20 07:01:00"Marriage is about trying and failing," Cillian continued, his voice dropping to a low, melodic vibration that seemed to settle the frantic beating of my heart. "Let's say I fail this round. I was just trying to make you comfortable, but I guess I'm spoiling things. I get it. I just want you to be fine without being attached to grief, because being attached to grief never helped anyone heal faster."
He reached out, his fingers gentle as they turned my face toward his. He
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He reached out and pulled my seat closer to his, his eyes searching mine with a terrifying intensity. "Are you finally growing up, Valerie? You don't want to be stupid, foolish, and gullible anymore? Is that it? Are you choosing to be the woman I’ll have to crush to the bottom if she tries to kill me?"He put a hand on my thigh, his grip firm."I said, fuck off."He didn't move. Instead, he leaned in and pecked me on the cheek. I felt the heat of his skin and it made my blood boil."I want to see you try," he whispered. "But I’ll tell you this. You’d better give up now before you start something you can't finish. And stop putting Daniel at risk by having him dig around me for you."I smirked, the taste of the wine still on my tongue. "Why? Are you scared I got your man to work for me? Is that the great Cillian Montgomery, feeling a tremor of fear?""Something you're scared of is something you can't face," he countered, his voice dropping. "Do you know what I do when something scares m
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The air in the room seemed to vanish. I was suffocating under the weight of her confessions.Every sisterly act, every protective warning, it was all part of a systematic dismantling of my happiness."Even with Cillian," she whispered, and my entire body tensed. My breath hitched, a tiny sound that I prayed she took for a sleep-sigh."Do you know what he said when he knocked on my door that morning?"I felt her lean in even closer, her lips almost brushing my ear. The world seemed to stop spinning. The secret she had held for years was finally surfacing, and it was a monster that would drown us both."He asked me if I was the Sarah he had met at the club that night...""The audacity!" She spat, "a handsome man showing up at my door and your name on his lips..." "It was you..." she whispered, the words slipping out like a slow-acting poison. "Even with my name, you attracted people. Even when they didn't know your face, they wanted you."She paused, turning back toward me. I saw the
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"I want to know everything you can tell me," I murmured, my voice intentionally soft and heavy, the perfect imitation of a woman sliding into the depths of exhaustion. Beside me, the mattress dipped under her weight as she sank into the bed. "Did I tell you about... erm... Francis?" she asked. I could feel her eyes drilling into the side of my head, searching for a twitch of a muscle, a flutter of an eyelid, any sign that the name still had power over me.Francis.I hadn't let that name surface in years. He was a ghost I had exorcised long ago, or so I thought. He was the one I had buried deep in the graveyard of my teenage years because the memory of him was a tough piece of glass in my heart. I had a huge crush on him...no, it was more than that. It was that all-consuming, breathless kind of love that only a girl who feels invisible can harbor.But letting him be buried is the only way I can truly tell myself that Jaxson was the only love I've ever known. "I was in love with Franc
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"Maybe he wants to know how the meeting with Joseph Reed went," I said. I was saved from further interrogation when the door opened and Daniel walked in."You're not supposed to be moving around yet," he said, his voice firm. "You need to be in bed. Your body has been through a massive shock.""And who are you to—" Sarah started, her voice rising in challenge."Miss Sarah, I would appreciate it if you let me do my job as her medical professional," Daniel cut her off, not even looking at her. "Please step out of the room."Sarah opened her mouth to protest, but Daniel stood his ground, his presence filling the space between us."I will stay and watch what you do to her," she insisted, her eyes narrowing."Sarah, please..." I said softly, touching her arm. "Let him do his job. I just want to rest."She gave me a long, lingering look before finally giving up. She walked out, the click of the door echoing like a final note. Daniel immediately motioned for me to get back under the covers.
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My immune system had always been fragile, a fact my mother had spent years worrying over. And yet, Sarah was the one who had suggested this."You can take your medicine after we’re done," she called out, as if sensing my thoughts. She wanted to show me she was aware of my health, that she hadn't forgotten and yet, she had pushed for the one thing that would compromise it.Looking back, she had always done this. She’d suggest the very things my mother forbade, pushing me to endanger myself just to prove my loyalty to her.And I, the desperate, stupid clueless girl, had always played along. *“Mom, swimming makes me feel refreshed,”* I’d lied a dozen times. *“Stop complaining, because you know I went with Sarah.”*Why had I traded my well-being for her approval?Tears, hot and sudden, pricked at my eyes. I didn't want her to see them, so I dived deep into the blue.Down in the silence, away from her voice, I let the weight of the water press against me. But suddenly, something shifted. A
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"You're acting strange," I said, my voice dropping to a low, clinical observation.Sarah froze. She didn't move a muscle, but I saw her eyes dart toward Jane with a fresh, jagged anger building in their depths. It was the look of someone whose secrets were being dangled over a flame. She slowly swallowed, the column of her throat moving with visible effort."I don't know what she has been saying to you, Val, but they're lies," she said, her voice trembling with a forced softness. "Calculated, cruel lies.""What has she been saying to me? Can I have the document?" I asked. I held out my hand, palm up. Sarah hesitated, her fingers white-knuckled around the manila folder. "I promise, I just want to see what you saw. I want to understand what's making you act so strange.""I'm trying to protect you, Val," she whispered, stepping closer until I could smell the chlorine-scented lotion on her skin. "You have to believe me. All I've ever done, my entire life is protect you from the things you
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Sarah gasped, her hands flying to her throat. "You didn't mean that..." she started to say, while I interrupted her."I spilled those words out like they were nothing," I continued, my voice eerily calm. "And the universe listened. He obeyed me. He came back in a box because I told him to. My paren
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"You shouldn't make a noise," he reminded me, his voice a gravelly velvet against my skin. He pressed a lingering, open-mouthed kiss to the sensitive cord of my neck, sending a fresh wave of heat through my shivering frame. "Come close..."He whispered the command against my ear, his large hands sl
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The accusation hit me like a physical blow. I looked around, desperate for Sarah, but I was lost in a sea of judgment. The flashes were a strobe light of hell, blinding me, turning the funeral hall into a fractured nightmare. They were circling me now, their voices rising into a deafening chant of
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