LOGINAs the adopted child of the Stewart family, I was the glass child, the last child, the black sheep, the ignored. I wasn’t wanted, I was chosen. Chosen to become the one to uphold their ‘social standings’. They had no care for me, they picked me, they saw the quiet, bullied girl in the orphanage who was constantly picked on but couldn’t fight back. And they decided that I was the perfect choice, to be the poster child that cleaned their poorly received social standings. Now, I’ve been promised to the devil CEO in place of my runaway older sister who decided to run merely days before her engagement ceremony. Adrian was no sweetheart, he was cold and standoffish. Not a man of many words but a man with a commanding presence. I thought I would forever be miserable in the marriage but luck shined on me because my new husband wasn’t what the media and the rumor made him to be. He may very well be my fortune. But my happiness has never been guaranteed, just when I thought I could finally be happy, secrets, snakes and unfolded memories threaten to ruin it.
View MoreChapters 106Brianna’s POV I had come to a decision. It was one that didn’t come easily or lightly. I didn’t think I could stay here any longer.“Come with me,” Brandon had said and for a moment I considered it.Everything as I knew it had shattered today. Broken down, leveled, up in smoke that choked me. The day started in Adrian’s arms thinking I was living in a perfect bubble with my charming husband, then the alarms came, then the revelation.I had a brother, an older brother. I had a whole life I didn’t remember, one that didn’t start at the orphanage or with the Stewarts.It still didn’t feel right. Didn’t feel true. Yet something inside me knew.I couldn’t properly remember him. He was my biological brother, and I couldn’t fully process it. But a part of me trusted him.“I’ll go with you,” I finally said.Brandon’s shoulders loosened the moment the words left my mouth. He didn’t smile. He only nodded once, sharp and sure.“We leave tonight,” he said.“No!” Adrian’s voice came
Adrian’s POV“So what you’re saying right now is that we all know each other?” She said.I nodded weakly.“So…” She shook her head, eyes closed, then drew a slow breath and turned to me. “He is my brother. You are my neighbor from years back, someone I don’t even remember, and you suddenly appeared in my life and married me.”Well, that was the summary, and it sounded so simple the way she said it. I nodded. “Yes, that’s right.”I nodded. “Yes. That’s right.”Her eyes flashed, sharp enough to knock the breath from me. “And you’ve had this information from the beginning and didn’t think to tell me?”“I couldn’t—” I managed before she cut in.“You couldn’t, or you didn’t want to? You could have started with that.”“I truly couldn’t, Brianna.”She raised a brow. “Let me get this straight…” she jabbed a finger towards her brother, “You knew my brother. You knew he might be looking for me. You knew how important it would be for me to have my real family, to know my origin, my history.”"I
Adrian’s POVThe information I’d dug from Brianna Stewart was long after she had left the orphanage. She had been adopted into a reputable family when she was just nine years old.I remember the relief when I heard she didn’t grow in an uncomfortable household. The Stewarts weren’t old money wealthy but they had more than enough.I believed that Brianna was properl taken care of, adopted into a family that truly cherished her. I was so glad.Until I wasn’t.I continued investigating. I wanted to know more. How she ended up in the orphanage when she had a family she could have gone to.Her brother, her extended family. One call, and they could have found her and taken her out of there.That spiral led me to the other devastating information. The one I’d kept for so long and leveraged on selfishly.Brianna lost all her memories after that incident.After being in a serious state of comatose for almost a month, she woke up and couldn’t remember a thing. Not even her own name.The only r
Adrian’s POV I’d told so many lies that I’d lost count. In my bid to shield her from the truth and protect her memories, I’d told lie after lie.I’d start from the beginning.The first lie was told only weeks ago. I told her that I’d only seen her for the first time at that event she attended with the Stewarts.That was a lie.It wasn’t the first time I’d seen her. It went far beyond that day.Brianna and I went way back, farther than she could remember.I’d known Brianna since I was four. Although that first memory barely stuck because I was only a child myself, barely five, but I could say I’d known her since she was born.The thing was, our families had been close. Back then, when my parents were still alive and well, the Langley’s lived right beside our home. We were practically next-door neighbors.We were so close that we spent most of our time in each other’s houses. We adopted a dog together. We had a treehouse together, connecting to both houses.Our parents visited each oth
I stare dumbfounded around me. Unable to process what was happening. There were about 10 people out to welcome me, their faces etched with a permanent genuine smile.It was almost like I’d been expected.My heart lurched in my chest. I wasn’t used to this kind of greeting. I didn’t even know what to
The following day, a car arrived at the Stewart mansion. A white Escalade as I peeped from the attic windows of my room.I didn’t get a wink of sleep the whole night. My eyelids burned at the lack of moisture but I didn’t even care.“They’re here for me.” I whisper to myself. Okay, this was really
After the announcement of my shotgun marriage in place of Emily. Dinner ended almost immediately, with everyone dispersing to their respective wings. That was the way things had always been in this cold house, there was no warmth. There was no laughter at dinner tables, no conversations about how
“Pack your things, you’re going to the Maserati home tomorrow,” father barked at me as I bowed sheepishly at the dining table. My heart stilled at the announcement. Me? Emily was supposed to be getting married to him. Why am I going there? “But…why?,” I started in a quiet voice, taken completel












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