All Chapters of Enemies To Soulmates : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

DANNY I lay in Kelly's bed, staring at her sleeping face, and wondered how the hell I'd gotten here. Not literally here—obviously I knew how I'd ended up in her bed. We'd just had incredible sex in the shower, she'd told me she was falling in love with me, and then we'd collapsed into bed together like we'd been doing it for years instead of days. But here. This moment. This feeling. Someone I had once thought so insignificant that I didn't want her around me suddenly meant the world to me. How did that happen? I felt a sharp pang of guilt thinking about how I'd treated Kelly in the past. The threats. The cold indifference. The way I'd looked at her like she was an inconvenience rather than a person. God, I was such an ass. I made a silent promise to myself right then: going forward, I would treat Kelly like the princess she was. I would love her and cherish her always. She deserved nothing less. Sure, Kelly had her excesses. She was stubborn, hot-headed, and sometimes downr

KELLY They say a woman in love can move mountains. But what they don't tell you is that she can also set fire to her own heart just to see if the man she loves will try to put it out. The remaining days of our honeymoon were filled with nothing but joy and laughter. I saw sides of Danny I never knew existed, and he made me feel really special. He was thoughtful, kind, loving, amazing—basically everything I'd convinced myself he could never be. And he filled my life with pleasure and happiness that I hadn't known I was missing. This time, when my mum called, I didn't have to pretend. I didn't have to make up stories about how wonderful it was to be with Danny because it was all true. And most times when I spoke to them, Danny was right there with me, his arm around my waist or his chin on my shoulder. So he ended up talking to my parents over the phone too. They loved him, naturally. My mother kept saying how sweet he sounded, and my father actually laughed at Danny's jokes. "My

KELLY After Danny left that private room, I sat there for a while, staring at the empty space where he'd been sitting. Thinking about how Danny had reacted to everything that had happened. He'd been so close. Really close. If I had pushed even just a little more, Danny would have given in to me. To Sexy Red. And that was the problem. That was not what I wanted. That was not the reaction I had expected—or hoped for. Sure, Danny had told Sexy Red that he loved his wife. But he couldn't tell Sexy Red that he felt nothing for her. He should have told her off more clearly, more definitively. Walked out the moment she started dancing. Been disgusted by her offer. But he hadn't done any of that. He'd stayed. He'd been tempted. He'd struggled. And then maybe, just maybe, I would have believed his words. I waited until I was sure his car had left the area, then I changed out of my Sexy Red costume and went back home. I thought I would meet Danny when I arrived, but he

KELLY 'They say confession is good for the soul. But what they don't tell you is that sometimes you're so busy waiting for someone else to confess, you forget you have your own secrets to deal with.' Last night, after what I did to Danny, I'd been really worried. Understatement of the century, Kelly. I couldn't sleep. Barely got two hours. Which was why I couldn't go to work early today. I was exhausted, yes, but it wasn't only because of that. I couldn't focus on spreadsheets and emails when my entire marriage was hanging by a thread. I'd spent the night replaying everything. Danny's face when Sexy Red had been in his room. The way he'd struggled against the drug's effects. The guilt in his eyes this morning when he left without looking at me. Did I go too far? Of course I went too far. The question is: how far is too far when you're trying to protect your heart? I'd been hoping Danny would open up and say something. Anything. Confess about Sexy Red. Tell me where he'd

KELLY 'They say the truth will set you free. What they don't tell you is that sometimes it sets you free by burning your entire life to the ground first.' After Danny called out my name, I'd been completely frozen in shock. How did he find out? All this time, I'd covered my tracks so carefully. The voice modulator. The mask. The separate locations. Different phone numbers. I'd planned every detail down to the last second. Or at least I thought I had. I'd been planning to tell him the truth anyway. That was supposed to be my surprise at eight o'clock. The big reveal. The romantic moment where I'd unmask myself, explain everything, and we'd laugh about it eventually. Possibly with champagne. Definitely with tears. Maybe with that fog machine I'd been considering. But this...this wasn't how it was supposed to happen. This wasn't my reveal. This was his. He figured it out. Danny figured out I'm Sexy Red. For a split second, my mind raced through possibilities. I coul