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Chapter 7: Midnight Tears
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2026-05-09 21:58:54
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My stomach twisted as I waited for his answer.Lena kept smiling up at Alexander, her hand still on his arm. “So what do you say? I can order dinner for us. We’ll finish everything tonight and you’ll crush that meeting tomorrow.”Alexander glanced at me again. “Emma’s here. We’ll handle it in the morning.”Lena didn’t even look at me. “But you always prefer working at night. Remember last month when we pulled that all-nighter? Just the two of us. You said I was the only one who could keep up with you.”I stood there in my paint-stained shirt, feeling completely out of place. “I can go to my room if you need to work.”Alexander frowned. “You don’t have to.”“No, really,” I said, keeping my voice steady. “It sounds like you two have a system. I wouldn’t want to get in the way.”Lena finally turned to me with that fake sweet smile. “That’s so understanding of you, Mrs. Voss. Most new wives get jealous so easily. It’s refreshing.”Jealous. The word hit me hard even though I tried not to s
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I turned around slowly, brush still in my hand. “Trying to breathe. Is that against the rules too?”Alexander stood there in his white shirt, sleeves rolled up, staring at the canvas. Red and black streaks covered most of it. Angry. Messy. Just like how I felt.He didn’t answer right away. Just kept looking at the painting.“You’re really good,” he said finally. His voice came out quieter than usual. “The way you put the colors together… it’s not what I expected.”I wiped my hands on a rag. “You expected me to be bad at everything?”“No.” He stepped closer to the canvas. “I expected you to be ordinary. Like the rest of them.”I put the brush down. “The rest of who? The women who usually throw themselves at you?”He glanced at me. “Something like that.”I crossed my arms. “Well I’m not them. And I’m definitely not Sophia. I paint when I’m stressed. It helps me not scream at you every five minutes.”Alexander almost smiled. I saw the corner of his mouth twitch before he stopped it. He r
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We headed for the elevator. My mind spun.“Alexander, wait.” I pulled on his arm before the doors closed. “What if she really has something? What if she recorded us or—”“She’s desperate,” he cut in. “Stay behind me. Don’t say anything unless I tell you to.”The elevator dropped fast. My stomach stayed somewhere on the top floor. When the doors opened, chaos hit us. Sophia stood in the middle of the lobby, hair wild, mascara running down her cheeks. Two security guards held her arms. Marcus stood off to the side looking stressed.“There they are!” Sophia shouted the second she saw us. “The happy couple!”Alexander walked straight toward her, pulling me with him. His hand stayed tight around mine. “Let her go,” he told the guards. “But don’t let her come any closer.”Sophia jerked free and pointed at me. “You stole my life, Emma! My wedding! My rich husband! Everything!”I stepped forward even though Alexander tried to hold me back. “You left, Sophia. You ran away hours before the cere
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His face was inches from mine.“Or what?” I asked, my back pressed against the door.Alexander’s hand stayed planted beside my head. “Or I stop fighting it right now.”I shoved at his chest. “You don’t get to do this. You don’t get to push me away for days and then corner me like you suddenly can’t control yourself.”He didn’t budge. “You think I planned this? You think I wanted to stand here wanting the woman who tricked me?”“Wanted?” I laughed in his face. “You don’t want me. You want control. You want to punish me. That’s all this has ever been.”His eyes flashed. “You don’t know what I want.”“Then say it!” I pushed him again, harder. “Stop playing these games and say it to my face. Tell me you still hate me. Tell me I’m still the wrong bride. Say it!”Alexander grabbed my wrists and pinned them against the door above my head. Not hard enough to hurt, but firm enough that I felt his strength. “I do hate what you did. I hate that you lied in front of everyone. I hate that I’m stuc
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My stomach dropped.“Sophia’s here?” I grabbed Alexander’s arm. “Right now?”He ended the call and looked at me. His face stayed calm but his eyes burned. “Yes. Marcus says she’s outside yelling about her stolen wedding. We handle this before we go in.”I felt sick. “She can’t do this tonight. Not in front of everyone.”“She’s doing it anyway.” Alexander took my hand, grip firm. “We go out together. You stay quiet. Let me talk.”We stepped out of the car at the gala venue. Cameras flashed from the red carpet. Sophia stood near the entrance, surrounded by security. Her hair was messy, dress too short for the event. She looked wild.“There she is!” Sophia pointed straight at me. “That’s my sister. She stole my husband!”People turned. Phones came out.Alexander pulled me closer, arm around my waist like we were in love. “Smile,” he whispered against my ear. “Act like you don’t care.”Sophia marched toward us. “Emma, how could you? You wore my dress. Said my vows. With my man!”I stepped
The bride i never wanted Chapter 7: Midnight Tears
I didn’t know Alexander stood in the doorway, watching me cry.My shoulders shook harder into the pillow. Everything I held together all day broke at once. The wedding. The contract. His cold rules. The way he looked at me in his shirt like he wanted to hate me and touch me at the same time. It all came out in ugly, quiet sobs.I thought I was alone.“Emma.”His voice cut through the dark. Low. Rough.I jerked up, wiping my face fast with the back of my hand. “Get out.”He didn’t move. Just stood there in the doorway, one hand still on the handle like he couldn’t decide whether to come in or leave.“I said get out,” I repeated, voice cracking. “You wanted me invisible. This is me being invisible.”Alexander stepped inside anyway. He closed the door behind him with a soft click. “You’re crying loud enough to wake the whole building.”“I’m crying quietly,” I shot back. “You weren’t supposed to hear.”He walked closer but stopped at the edge of the bed. The moonlight from the window caug
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