All Chapters of Marriage of Deceit: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Still Aurora’s POVThe person closed my mouth, “Umm… Um…” my voice in a muffled sound as I struggled with my captor.“Shh… shh… it’s me, princess…”The voice slid into my ears like a memory I didn’t want to hear. I froze, eyes widening as my heart slammed against my ribs. Slowly, the hand over my mouth dropped, and I turned to see Dylan, his familiar face and scent.“Dylan?” My voice cracked. “What the hell are you doing? You scared the shit of out of me. Didn't I tell you to stay away from.me? I said and I quote, “I don't like you anymore, is that too much to understand?"He grabbed my wrists before I could step back, his grip tight and painful. I twisted that wrist the day Rylan dragged me to his room with force. “Stop!! It hurts!!” I screamed“Aurora, listen to me. You shouldn’t be here. You shouldn’t be with them. You don’t understand what’s going on!!”I yanked my arms free, my pulse still hammering. “And you do?”“Yes,” he hissed, glancing over his shoulder as though someone mig

RYLAN POVI was already late for the board meeting AT the Blackwood headquarters. It was a show that wouldn't tolerate delays, not even from me. My briefcase was waiting by the door, and Asher had already called twice.When I was climbing down the stairs, Aurora trailed behind me, her hair still damp from her shower. Dressed in a very careless way, I don't know if she thinks I am not a man! I stole glances of her as she walked beautifully. She was asking the maid something I barely caught the words, too distracted by my agenda.I shook my head, and sighed. I wondered what she was up to by also stealing glances at me.Her lips pressed into a thin line. “Rhoda, please bring a cup of juice upstairs for me.” she said and walked away. She says nothing to me as she passes me climbing the stairs. I reached for the doorknob, my mind already rehearsing numbers, projections, the icy faces of the board members. If I wasn’t there to control the room, someone else would. And I couldn’t allow Ra

The front door slammed behind her as Red stormed into the grand parlor, her heels clattering against the polished marble. The anger she carried from the Blackwood mansion to the hospital still burned in her chest. Aurora’s defiance, Rylan’s interference, all of it feeding the fire that never seemed to die in her.Inside, the lights were dim, the heavy curtains drawn. Anne was already waiting. She was on her knees in the middle of the floor, her hands pressed tightly together, head bowed low. Her trembling figure looked small against the vastness of the room. She was very cold and her knees were weak. She had been kneeling for hours.“Please…” Anne’s voice cracked as Red walked into the house. “Please forgive me. I tried..I truly tried. I did everything you asked, but he..Rylan..he won’t look at me. He doesn’t want me.”Red stopped in front of her, glaring down, her lips curled in disgust. “Pathetic.”Anne flinched as the word struck her like a whip.“You had one task,” Red hissed, pa

Aurora’s POV I forced my lips into a polite smile as I crossed the ballroom, the hem of my ivory gown whispering against the floor. Rylan was still caught up with the investors, his hand firmly on my hands when he had signed for me to behave. Behave, as if I was some child who didn’t know her place. Fine. I would play the role of the dutiful wife!! The cluster of women near the corner caught my eye as Raine told me to go meet them. Rylan’s cousins, some investors’ wives, and right in the middle, Silver and Orla. Their laughter was high-pitched, the kind of sound that carried just enough malice to sting. I hesitated for a heartbeat, but my pride wouldn’t let me turn away. So I walked toward them, lifting my chin, pretending not to notice the way their eyes lit up at the sight of me. “Well, well,” Silver’s voice slid through the air like venom. “If it isn’t Mrs. Blackwood herself. I was beginning to wonder if you would actually dare to show your face tonight. This disaster destro

One Hour Earlier — Rylan’s POVI suddenly felt my vision blurring, my eyes became harder to open. I staggered but I held the table at my front to steady myself. I hit my head with my hand, “What is happening? Why am I dizzy? Was it the anger of Raine's declaration?” I shook my head continuously but it wasn't getting better. Everyone around me turned to small dwarfs wearing flashy clothes of different colors. I turned around to find Asher or Aurora, but my vision was too blurry to find them. One of the dwarfs I was seeing touched my arms, “Sir Rylan Are you okay? Let me take you to your room to rest.”The party was louder than I liked.Crystal glasses chimed, laughter rippled across the marble hall, and the low hum of ambition filled the air like perfume.The air suffocated me more, my bead was banging from the headache. I couldn't understand what was happening or about to happen.I tried to recall what I drank earlier. It wasn’t just the sharp sweetness of wine there was a faint