Prologue - Five Years EarlierI should have known something was wrong the moment Vanessa volunteered to help with the wedding.My stepsister had never volunteered for anything in her life, not unless there was something in it for her.Yet somehow, I ignored every warning sign.The late-night phone calls, the strange excuses to be in every room with him, the moments Jason seemed distracted whenever she walked into a room.I ignored all of it because I was stupidly happy.In six days, I was supposed to become Mrs. Natalie Bennett.I had spent months planning every detail.Jason and I weren’t perfect, but we’d spent three years building a life together. Or at least I thought we had.“Nat?”I looked up from the seating chart spread across the dining table.My father stood in the doorway, looking sober for once..“Jason called,” he said. “He said he’s running late.”I smiled.“When isn’t he?”Dad chuckled. “Fair point.”Neither of us knew that would be the last time I smiled that day.Thr
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