Rachael’s POV The Brooks house didn’t feel like a home. It felt like a hotel pretending to care about the people inside it. Everything was polished. Perfect. Cold. The walls too expensive to touch carelessly. The silence too controlled to feel comfortable. Even the air smelled expensive somehow. Fresh flowers. Vanilla candles. Money. I stood near the middle of the massive bedroom quietly while two staff members carried the last of my luggage inside. Neither looked directly at me for too long. They were respectful, professional I don’t know if this is how things are done around here Or they already understood this marriage wasn’t normal. “Should I place the remaining boxes in the dressing room, ma’am?” one of them asked softly. Ma’am. The title nearly made me uncomfortable. “Yes… thank you.” They nodded politely before leaving again. And just like that… I was alone. My eyes slowly moved around the room afterward. The room Clinton and I were apparently suppose
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