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Chapter 10

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Evelyn’s P.O.V

I was alone that morning, or so I thought. The housekeepers were somewhere inside cleaning but the yard was mine. I sat by the pool, legs dipped in, sipping orange juice mixed with a little gin. I had nowhere to be, nothing to dress up for, and for once, no one was pretending to love me in front of cameras. The sun hit the edge of the glass table, catching the pale polish on my nails. I’d stopped wearing my wedding ring the night before. It sat somewhere on the dresser, a gold circle that meant nothing now.

I’d barely slept. The call to Madeline was still echoing in my head the start of something I couldn’t turn back from. My stomach twisted with the kind of excitement that felt dangerous, almost pleasurable.

The sound of a door closing made me turn. At first, I thought it was one of the staff, but then I saw him Theo stepping into view with a folder tucked under one arm and his phone in the other. He froze when he saw me.

“Mrs. Cole,” he said quickly, straightening, as
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