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A Blind Date

Aurora was in her design studio at the palace sketching Elena's revenge dress when Margaret walked in using her cane."Aurora, dear, do you have a moment?" Margaret asked.Aurora looked up from her drawings. "Of course, Your Majesty. What do you need?"Margaret sat down on the velvet couch near the window. "I wanted to talk to you about something personal."Aurora felt curious. Margaret rarely discussed personal matters unless it was important. "Is everything alright?""Everything is fine," Margaret assured her. "But I've been thinking about you lately. You're thirty-eight years old, beautiful, successful, and completely alone."Aurora felt defensive. "I'm not alone. I have Elena and the twins and you.""That's not what I mean," Margaret said gently. "You have family, yes. But you don't have romance. You don't have someone who's yours."Aurora went back to her sketching. "I don't need romance. I tried that once and it ended badly.""David was eight years ago," Margaret pointed out. "Y

A Blind Date (2)

"Ah yes," the host smiled. "Your party is already here. Follow me."Aurora's heart was racing as she followed the host through the restaurant. The man was already there, which meant she would see him in seconds.The host led her to a private table near the back. Aurora could see a man sitting with his back to her, wearing an expensive suit."Your companion has arrived, sir," the host announced.The man stood up and turned around, and Aurora felt her heart stop.It was Damien Whitmore.Aurora froze. Of all the men in Lysandria City, Margaret had set her up with Damien? The man whose sister-in-law she had slapped?Damien's eyes widened when he saw Aurora, even though her mask covered half her face. "You," he said with obvious recognition.Aurora made a split-second decision. She would pretend not to recognize him."I'm sorry?" Aurora said politely. "Have we met?"Damien looked confused. "At the shopping mall a few weeks ago. You were the woman who...""I think you have me confused with

A Second Chance

Aurora kept her expression neutral. "Your sister-in-law sounds unpleasant.""Former sister-in-law," Damien corrected. "And yes, she can be difficult. But the woman at the mall stood up to her in a way I'd never seen anyone do before.""Maybe that woman was braver than I am," Aurora suggested."I don't think you lack bravery," Damien said. "You're wearing a mask to dinner with a stranger. That takes courage.""Or foolishness," Aurora pointed out."There's a fine line between the two," Damien agreed.As dinner was ending, Damien's phone rang. He looked at it and frowned. "I'm sorry, I need to take this. It's my hotel manager about an emergency.""Of course," Aurora said.Damien walked away from the table to take the call. Aurora sat there thinking about the evening. She had enjoyed herself more than she expected. Damien was intelligent, funny, and seemed genuinely kind.But she was still lying to him about who she was. And eventually, that would have to be addressed.Damien returned loo

The Orphanage Secret

Elena woke up early on Saturday morning with nervous energy running through her body. Today was the day she would visit Margaret Sutton, the former director of Silvermere Orphanage. The woman who might hold the answers to who had stolen Elena from her grandmother thirty years ago.Marcus had arranged the meeting for ten in the morning at Peaceful Meadows Retirement Home, about an hour's drive from Elena's current house in Vaelthorne City.Elena got dressed in simple clothes, no fancy business suits today. She wanted to look approachable and not intimidating. She chose a jeans, a comfortable sweater, and left her mask at home. There was no need to hide her face from the woman who had cared for her as a baby."Are you ready, ma'am?" Marcus asked as Elena came downstairs."As ready as I'll ever be," Elena replied, grabbing her purse.The drive to Peaceful Meadows gave Elena too much time to think. What if Margaret Sutton didn't remember anything? It had been thirty years, after all. What

The Ravenwood Betrayal

"Of course I remember you, Elena Valdris," Margaret Sutton said. "You were special. Different from the other children somehow. You had this look in your eyes, even as a baby, like you knew you didn't belong in that orphanage.""Because I didn't belong there," Elena said. "I was stolen from my family. From my grandmother."Margaret Sutton sighed deeply. "I suspected as much, but I had no proof. And I was young and scared and frankly needed the money.""Tell me everything," Elena said. "Please. I need to know who brought me there and why."Margaret Sutton looked out the window at the gardens for a moment, as if gathering her memories. "It was March 15th, 1994. I remember the date because it was my birthday, funny enough. I was thirty-two years old and had only been running Silvermere for about six months."She turned back to Elena. "A man came late at night, around eleven o'clock. He was wearing an expensive suit and carrying a baby wrapped in a blanket. The baby was you."Elena leaned

The Man Who Stole My Life

"I don't know," Margaret Sutton said. "But I kept something, just in case I ever needed proof." She reached into her cardigan pocket and pulled out an old, faded envelope. "This is the envelope he gave me with the money. It has his fingerprints on it, probably. And there's a business card inside."Elena took the envelope with trembling hands. Inside was a yellowed business card that read: "Weston Ravenwood, Import/Export Consulting, Vaelthorne City.""He worked in imports and exports?" Elena asked."That's what the card says," Margaret Sutton replied. "Though I always suspected it was fake. Men who do legitimate business don't usually pay people to hide babies."Elena looked at Marcus, who immediately pulled out his phone and started researching."There's more," Margaret Sutton said quietly. "When Weston brought you that night, you were wearing something. A necklace with a small pendant. It had a family crest on it."Elena's heart raced. "What did you do with it?""I kept it," Margare

A House of Perfect Lies

Victoria Kaelthorn stood in the middle of her massive walk-in closet surrounded by piles of rejected dresses and felt like she was having a nervous breakdown."Nothing is right!" she shouted, throwing another designer gown onto the growing pile on the floor. "I look fat in everything!"Her personal assistant Melissa stood by the door looking uncomfortable. "Ma'am, you look beautiful in all of them. Perhaps the blue Valentino?""The blue makes me look washed out," Victoria snapped. "And my arms look huge."Victoria stared at herself in the full-length mirror. At thirty-three, she was still beautiful, but the stress was starting to show. There were lines around her eyes from not sleeping. Her hair, while professionally styled, looked dull from too much treatment.The dinner party was in one week. One week to pull off the social event of the year. One week to convince the Masked Queen of Business that the Kaelthorn family was worth associating with.One week to save her marriage, her rep

A Wife on Trial

That afternoon, Victoria had a meeting with the catering company. She had hired the most expensive caterers in Vaelthorne City to prepare a seven-course meal for forty guests."Everything needs to be perfect," Victoria insisted to the head chef. "No mistakes, no delays, no substitutions.""Of course, Mrs. Kaelthorn," the chef assured her. "We'll deliver exactly what you ordered."After the caterers left, Victoria went over her guest list for the hundredth time. Forty of Vaelthorne City's most influential people. Business leaders, politicians and socialites. All coming to meet the legendary Masked Queen.And Victoria had to act like she was close friends with this woman she'd never actually met.Victoria's phone buzzed with a text from Jack: "We need to talk. Come to my office."Victoria felt dread. Jack only summoned her to his office when something was wrong.She drove to Kaelthorn Corporation headquarters, her hands sweating on the steering wheel. The building looked smaller than it

Karma Wears a Mask

Victoria pulled out her phone and called the one person who might be able to help. Her friend Melissa Thornton, the same Melissa who had run down Aurora with a car eight years ago. "Victoria?" Melissa answered. "What's wrong? You sound terrible." "Everything is wrong," Victoria said. "I need your help." She explained the situation about the dinner party and the Masked Queen and Jack's threats. Melissa was quiet for a moment. "So you lied about knowing this woman?" "Yes," Victoria admitted. "And now she's actually coming to the party, and I have no idea how to act like we're friends." "Well, you better figure it out fast," Melissa said. "Because if Jack finds out you lied, he'll divorce you for sure." "I know!" Victoria said desperately. "That's why I'm calling you. You always know what to do in situations like this." Melissa thought about it. "Okay, here's what you do. When the Masked Queen arrives, you greet her warmly but not too warmly. Act like you're good acquaintances bu

What If I Am Not Enough?

Aurora stood in front of her bedroom mirror at the palace, adjusting the emerald green mask that matched her dress. It was their second date, and she was still lying to Damien about who she was. The guilt was eating at her, but she wasn't ready to be vulnerable yet."You look beautiful, but you also look worried," Margaret said from the doorway.Aurora jumped slightly. "Your Majesty, I didn't hear you come in.""That's because you were too busy frowning at yourself," Margaret observed, walking into the room. "Still planning to wear the mask and pretend you don't know him from the mall?"Aurora sighed. "I know it's wrong. I know I should tell him the truth. But what if he gets angry? What if he thinks I'm playing games with him?"Margaret sat on the edge of Aurora's bed. "Then he's not the right man for you. A good man would understand why you needed to protect yourself.""But I lied to his face," Aurora protested. "Multiple times. I looked him straight in the eyes and pretended we'd n

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