Chapter Eleven

Chapter ElevenMarlowe Sage Kunetsov I stared at the door. I wasn't exactly staring at it. I was staring through it, staring into space. I could not feel, I could not think, I couldn't do anything.I was stuck in a state of limbo. My mother was dead. Mikhail had known this whole time and he had let me think she was still alive. Tears started to run down my face again and I buried my face in my hands as I cried. I was not sure which one of the things I was feeling was worse. The devastation from losing my mother and being completely alone or the thought of how she had died. My mother had been sick. She could have fallen down the stairs or she could have hit her head in the kitchen or the bathtub. She could have been in a situation where she was hurt and been unable to get help. I cried harder. The devastation was consuming me. I heard a knock on the door. I didn't give a response. A new maid had come. Her name was Leah. I hadn't said a word to her when she brought in my breakfast

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Chapter Twelve

Chapter TwelveMarlowe Sage Kunetsov I held my elbow to myself the entire ride. I kept my eyes on the window as I studied the streets we drove through. In my years of being in this city, I had never been to this part of it. It suddenly clicked to me that there was a real possibility that I was no longer in New York. The environment just wasn't the same. And this meant I was farther away from my home and everything I knew than I thought. I wanted to ask Mikhail, but I didn't want to say anything to him. I took a deep breath and slipped my feet out of the heels. I didn't want to push myself more than I needed to and for longer than I needed to. “You need to fix that frown,” Mikhail spoke for the first time since we got into the SUV. I stiffened, feeling hatred burn through me. “You're my plus one tonight. You cannot embarrass me, so sulk all you want, but you need to pull yourself together before we get out of this car,” he said with a sickening level of arrogance. I couldn't help

Dernière mise à jour : 2026-01-17

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Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve