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Third Person POV“We can get married now,” Eleanor says, carried away by Andrew’s words as he holds her hand. She lets out a laugh when she realizes how ridiculous she sounds. “Well, not right now. But we can get married as soon as possible, right?”She’s really hoping that Andrew will say yes, because the sooner they have their honeymoon, the more chances she will have of being pregnant for real.But maybe now that he already agreed to marry her, they will make love more often. Not just once when he’s clearly drunk.However, Andrew just smiles. “I think it would be wise to wait.”The smile falls off her face. “Why?”“Well, Melissa just….” He swallows hard. He doesn’t have the heart to say it. “It’s so recent. Her funeral was just today, and I don’t think the public will be kind to me if they find out that I got married quickly.”“How long do I need to wait?” she asks, and just for good measure, she adds, “How long does Lottie have to wait too?”His answer shatters all her hopes.“A y

Third Person POVEleanor’s heart jumps straight to her throat, making it hard to breathe. Time seems to slow down, and she can hear every crunch on the gravel that Andrew’s car makes.“You need to get out of here!” she yells at Hunter, trying to keep her voice down, but her panic is already at its peak. “NOW!”Hunter just laughs at her, tilting his head at her like he’s confused. “Who are you to tell me what to do?”Eleanor is so angry that bad thoughts start to run through her head. Outside, the engine of the car stops making a sound, which tells her that Andrew is already done pulling up to the house. Any moment now, the door from the basement will open, and he will walk in and see her on her knees with another man.This can’t happen.Not now when she’s so close.“Hide,” Eleanor demands, pushing him to the closet. “Hide, now! We had an agreement, Hunter!”“You choose to fuck with me,” Hunter hisses at her, this time not bothering to hide his anger. “You chose to make a fool of me wh

Melissa’s POVIt’s like an eclipse, the perfect time when the sun, the moon, and the Earth align. Locking into place. Changing the flash of light, darkening everything.That’s what it feels like to finally look into Andrew’s blue eyes after what feels like forever.I’ve forgotten what it felt like to be gazed at by him without hatred or anger. I’ve forgotten what he looks like when he’s not disgusted by my presence, or in complete rage that I did something he didn’t approve of.He looks… different.To the point where I’m reminded why I’ve fallen in love with him in the first place.Suddenly, my memory flashes back to when Allie was born.Andrew was so happy. It was actually the first time during our arranged, transactional marriage where he was happy. I was lying down on the hospital bed, and he was invited inside by the nurses. They passed off baby Allie to him for skin to skin contact, and he had tears in his eyes as they gently guided Allie to his chest.“Allie,” Andrew said then,

Andrew’s POVEleanor backs off from me, her eyes filled with fear. Tears are already brimming her eyes, her lower lip quivering as I corner her against the wall.I thought that this sight will make me feel guilty, because I always end up feeling bad whenever I see tears from her. But to my surprise, nothing blossoms in my chest.Only anger.Because I don’t like the fact that she’s here.“You should be home right now,” I tell her forcefully. “You better be in the car, on your way home, before I even get to finish up here. Get it?”Eleanor nods slowly, backing off from me. She glances at me from time to time as she goes down the hallway, but I just turn around and head back to the security guards who lead me to the surveillance room.“Here,” the guard says, pointing at the screens. “As you can see here, he left after he was taken to his normal room. None of our other cameras were able to follow him outside.”“What kind of facility is this?” I can’t help but burst out. “Do everything you

Melissa’s POVIt feels like it’s been years and not three months.Her voice is still the same. High-pitched and snooty and just… unpleasant. Like she’s always making fun of something. Hearing her now, it baffles me as to why Andrew was never able to sense the darkness within her, the constant malice that she puts out.“Yeah, it’s not nice working for them,” another voice says. “And the downgrade only started to happen when Melissa came along. Zane really just made her his favorite and won’t listen to anyone else. That place is going down soon.”I stop in my tracks. That’s Heather, the boss at my old workplace in The Vault.My heart leaps all the way up to my throat. I turn to the door, suddenly overcome with the urge to leave. But I just crane my neck to see where they are in the store.Eleanor is staring at the mirror and holding a dress over her body, smiling as she slings it over her arm. She already has a bunch of clothes on her arm, as well as a bag.I don’t need to ask her to kn