All Chapters of Marriage of Deceit: Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

I turned to her, with a smile. “Ohh!! Since I am ungrateful. Why not keep her at your house? I remembered Dad bought a house for you on your birthday last year. Why not open it for her too since you are so kind to everyone?”She scoffed and went up to me. She is a bit taller than I was because of her heels, so she bent down slightly and whispered to my ears. “Aurora, do you want to disobey your mother? Have you forgotten the feelings of being locked in the freezer room for days?”My leg stiffened on the marble floor as I recalled the memory I had wiped away from my thoughts. Getting looked in the cold room was one of the most cruel things Fiona has ever done to me.I pinched my thighs then forced a smile, “Okay Lizzy, you can stay.”Lizzy stood up and hugged me, “Thank you Aurora.”Rylan stared at me, like he wanted to say something. I know he wasn't happy for another stranger living in his house.“Aurora, I will be leaving with you to the Blackwood mansion. I was also invited to

“My sis here, she’s a weakling!” Orla says with a mocking grin, turning toward her friends. “I can swear she would never do that. This is the same girl that cried over a stray cat dying. She doesn’t have the courage to slap anyone—talk less of beating someone and covering their face. Never. Not Aurora.”She and the girls burst into laughter. Loud and high-pitched, like a chorus of mean girls on stage.Let them keep thinking I’m harmless. Sometimes, that image of me in the Grey house is more useful than a raised voice.Still, a bitter taste builds in my mouth. My throat tightens, but I don’t give them the satisfaction of seeing it.I turn on my heel.“Excuse me,” I say simply, walking away.The moment I step forward, I feel something shift beneath me. My heel catches it….One of the girls had stretched her leg out, perfectly timed and completely deliberate. But I don't know who it was but it was a silver heel. My ankle twists.Everything happened so fast.My arms flail, grasping for