VeronicaHe kept going on and on and on, but I just tuned him out at some point because I also had my own problems. To begin with, I wasn’t sure why Lucian suddenly changed.“Veronica… Veronica, are you listening to me?”That was when I pulled myself back to the present and into the conversation.“Yes, Father,” I said, not daring to meet his gaze. “I’ve heard all you said, and I will do as you have asked.”He nodded, pleased but that was a lie. I didn’t hear a single thing he said. And how was I supposed to start telling him our perfect plan had a dent in it?Lucian wasn’t how he used to be. Now he was more distant, absent-minded when I spoke, and he doesn’t even touch me not anymore.I was going to be his queen, even if he couldn’t see it. I didn’t know what had changed, but something had.“He can never find out about this, Veronica,” my father’s voice was calm, cold, and composed.“He won’t know when it hits him,” I smiled pretentiously. To you, Father, this is all business. And that
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