All Chapters of Forced to Marry my Sister’s Fiancée : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Alina’s POVI sat beside Edrick on the plane, but it felt like I wasn’t really in my body.My fingers trembled uncontrollably in my lap, and I tried to clasp them together, to hold them still, to pretend I wasn’t falling apart from the inside out.Everything felt cold.My skin.My bones.Even the air breathing in and out of my lungs.The last time I had been on this plane, my heart had been climbing up my throat in dread. I hated every second of it. I had wanted to run so badly, run far away from the island, from the ruse, from him, from this entire controlled illusion I forced myself into.And now… sitting here again…I still wanted to run.Only this time, I wanted to run from going home.I wasn’t ready.I didn’t want to face what waited for me on the ground.I didn’t want to face reality… or the consequences.A fool.That’s what I was.A stupid girl who dared to believe her borrowed fairy tale could last longer than it should.What happened?Why did Edrick suddenly want to return to

Alina’s POVAria’s name kept flashing on my screen.Over and over.I just stared at it, frozen, unable to move. My thumb hovered over the answer button, but it felt like my whole body refused to pick. My chest tightened, my stomach twisted, and this cold rush went through me.I could not speak to her.Not right now.I was too scared of what she would say.Or worse… what she wanted from me.The phone kept ringing.I let it ring until it stopped.Then I pressed the power button and switched the phone off completely.I crawled into bed beside Edrick, even though there was a little distance between us tonight. He was quieter. Colder. His mind far away. I knew it was because of his father and all the pressure waiting at home, but still… It scared me. The distance scared me almost as much as the phone call. I was insecure because I knew he wasn't mine in the first place. And just one appearance from Aria would end this for me.I closed my eyes and forced myself to sleep.Eventually, I did.

Edrick’s POV I was only a few steps behind Aria when Hannah’s voice drifted from the landing above us.“There she is. Aria, you have guests.”Aria stopped mid-step.Not slowed, stopped. Like her body forgot how to move. Her fingers loosened from the railing, and for a second, I thought she might topple backward.I quickened my pace, closing the distance, but the moment I stepped beside her, the reason for her sudden freeze punched the breath out of me.Her mother and her twin sister, Alina were sitting in my living room.Smiling.That fake, poisonous kind of smile that hides knives.I felt my jaw tighten. My hands curled unconsciously. Every word they’d spat at her on the phone slammed back into my memory, and fury kindled low in my chest. The kind that made me want to remove them from my home myself.Aria didn’t move, didn’t breathe. Her eyes stayed fixed ahead, wide and empty.I reached for her hand.Her fingers were ice.“I can send them out,” I whispered against her ear. “Say th

Edrick’s POVAdrian stood beside me, his face tight as he stared at the underground room filled with weapons. The place smelled like iron and dust, and the sight of the guns and bombs lined up across the floor made my blood boil.“We need to evacuate everything,” Adrian said. “Move it out tonight before someone notices. If Leonardo finds out we discovered his stash, he will try something worse.”I shook my head slowly.“No,” I said.Adrian turned to me sharply. “Edrick, are you serious? This is dangerous. Anyone could trigger one of these.”“I know,” I said, rubbing my forehead. “But if we take all this now, Leonardo will know we found it. He will disappear. He will move his plans. He will find another way to strike.”Adrian exhaled, frustrated. “Then what do you want us to do?”I stared at the bombs spread across the metal shelves. The wires. The circuits. One mistake and the entire building could go down.“We disable everything,” I said. “Every bomb. Every explosive. Make all of the

Aria’s POVI sat in my childhood bedroom, the same room I shared with Alina for years. The pink curtains, the twin beds, the small study table. Everything looked the same, but I felt nothing like the little girl who used to live here. I was full of anger. It sat in my chest like a heavy stone.It had been more than a week since I went to the Vale mansion to switch back with Alina. More than a week since she humiliated me. She stood there with that stupid soft look in her eyes and told me she was not leaving. She was not giving up my life. My husband. My place.My throat tightened as the memory burned through me.How Edrick kissed her cheek and smiled at her as if she was his world. He had never looked at me like that. She was asked to stay in my place and she used it as a chance to charm him?How dare she.But what made it worse… what truly made me want to scream… was coming home to my father.The memory hit me like a slap.---I remembered stepping into the living room that day with