ログインMy parents made Dana and me settle it with rock-paper-scissors. Loser had to marry the Baillieu heir—the so-called "freak." I won. Then flipped the script. "Cool. I'll take Blake. Dana can have the empire." Last time? I was dumb in love with Michael—Dad's adopted golden boy. Chose the company, stayed behind, and handed Dana off to Blake Baillieu. Big mistake. Six months in, Dana was gone—wrecked by that marriage. Right before she croaked, she texted Michael blaming me. Said I lost the game and ditched the deal, dumping Blake on her. Michael? Snapped. Dude went full psycho. Turns out, he and Dana had been sneaking around for years. He dragged me behind the Baillieu estate and forced a dozen intellectually disabled men to assault me. "If it weren't for your cruelty, Dana would still be alive! You'll pay for everything she suffered!" I was over eight months pregnant—almost due. Begged him to stop. Begged for my baby's life. He didn't care. Kept ordering them to take turns. Even when my water broke, he just watched. Both my baby and I died that night. Now? I'm back. And this time, I rewrote the story. Step one: marry Blake.
もっと見るBlake carried me all the way home.I was still shaking a little, but the panic was finally wearing off."How come you can talk..." I started.Blake cut in. "I was in the car when you guys were talking. Figured something was off, so I followed you. Michael did too, for whatever reason."I wanted to step in earlier, but he stopped me. Wouldn't let me go 'til Dana spilled everything."He paused, then added, "I've always been able to talk. Just didn't see the point before."I let out a short laugh, but it didn't stick. My mind circled back to my family."Do you think my family's a total mess? I mean, a brother and sister—adopted or not—in that kind of relationship... If you don't wanna be with me—"Blake pulled me in, tight. His voice was low but firm. "Don't go there. We're married. Your family's mine now too. Whatever happens, we face it together."I nodded and melted into his arms.***The next morning, a jogger found Dana's body in the woods—Patrick was right there, fast asl
I tried to stay calm—But Dana slapped me hard."Bitch! We both married into the Baillieu family—so why does Blake treat you like gold while I got tossed in a dog cage? Go on, look up. See who I brought for you."Before I could move, a fat man shuffled up beside me, grinning with drool on his chin.My blood ran cold. I thrashed against the ropes, heart pounding.That face—the deputy chief's slow son—was straight out of my worst nightmares."Heh... wifey, you're my wifey..."He stepped closer.I screamed, "Help! Somebody help me!"Another slap."Help you? Dream on. I want you to feel what it's like—humiliation, disgust, everything I went through." Dana's voice was poison. "You've always wanted to know what I texted Michael, right?"Fine. I told him we played rock-paper-scissors and I won. But since you refused to marry Blake, our parents forced me instead.""You're lying! I won!"She laughed, wild and unhinged. "Of course I lied—but he bought it. He still doesn't know I tri
He growled, "I'm taking Claire with me. No matter what."I didn't wait. Yanked myself free and ran straight into Blake's arms.He stiffened for half a beat, then pulled me close like it was the most natural thing in the world.Michael's and Dana's faces? Total meltdown. Clearly, they hadn't updated their Blake files.Dana was the first to short-circuit.What I didn't know—at the time—was maybe she'd figured something out in our past life. Maybe she'd realized Blake had only pretended to be slow. Maybe she'd even tried to seduce him and got shut down hard.Now she was trembling, finger aimed right at him."You accepted HER? Why? Why is it okay for her but not for me?" Her voice cracked, sliding into full-blown hysteria, face twisted in disbelief. "You were supposed to push her away!"You should've had her thrown into a dog cage and buried alive—just like before! Why is it different this time? This isn't right! It can't be!"I arched a brow. So that's what happened to her in my
After marrying into the Baillieu family, I figured out real quick—Dana was lying.Blake wasn't a freak. He just had autism, but that didn't stop him from being kind to me.And his family? They also valued me. If anything went down, they would tell me instantly.Sometimes I'd catch Blake staring, those eyes all intense, and I'd think, 'Does he truly have autism like they said?'Didn't really matter though. I was finally free. I could breathe. Do whatever I wanted.Then came the day Blake and I hit the mall for some clothes.His mom said he hadn't been out in forever and asked me to drag him along.Of course, fate just had to throw Michael and Dana in our path—clinging to each other.The second Michael saw me, he lit up."Claire, they said you married that freak from the Baillieu family. I didn't believe it!"I took a sharp step back."Yeah, I did. So back off. My husband wouldn't be cool with this."His face dropped. Like actually glitched. Just stood there, stunned.Dana,
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