All Chapters of Never Meant to be Seen : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I woke up with the morning light slipping through the curtains. For a moment, I stayed still, staring at the ceiling, until I remembered the note from last night. Ask your father about Marguerite. I sat up and reached for my phone, but then I remembered, calling him might reveal his location if I was being watched.I got dressed quickly and picked up the file from the table. I didn't know what I was expecting from my father, but I knew I couldn't sit in my room and wait for answers. The name Marguerite had been following me since last night, and after everything that had happened, I needed to hear the truth from him myself.When I arrived at the facility, one of the staff members led me through the quiet hallway to his room. I stopped outside the door for a moment before knocking. “Come in,” my father's weak voice called from inside. I opened the door and found him lying on the bed, looking more tired than he had the last time I saw him.His eyes moved to the file in my hand. “You cam

I left the facility with my father's words still running through my head, I had a twin. A sister who had been given away before we were old enough to know each other. He said she had been given to people who could give her a better life, but he hadn't told me who they were or where she was now, I got into the car and closed the door.I should have been thinking about my father, my mother, and everything he had refused to tell me. Instead, one sentence kept coming back. A better life, I remembered the way he'd said it, almost like he was trying to convince himself that giving her away had been the right thing to do, I pulled out Isabelle Ashworth's file.Her photograph stared back at me, something about her face had always bothered me, but I'd never allowed myself to think too deeply about it. When I first saw her pictures, I'd assumed it was because I was going to become her. Naturally, I'd started paying attention to every detail but now I looked at the photograph differently, I ran

I couldn't speak.The man whose family had taken my sister was the same man whose grandson I had been brought here to marry, and suddenly, I wasn't sure whether I had been brought into the Ashworth family to replace Isabelleor because they had finally found the other daughter they'd not choose.I looked at Mia, waiting for her to say something that would make this feel less insane but she didn't. “So Konstantin arranged it,” I said. Mia nodded. “Yes he did.” I swallowed. “When was the arrangement made?” I asked. My voice came out sharper than I intended. “I mean when? How long ago?”Mia held my gaze. “Nearly twenty years.” For a moment, I thought I'd heard her wrong. “Twenty years.” I asked. “Almost.” I stared at her.That meant Konstantin had been involved before we were born, what exactly was he trying to do? “For what purpose exactly?” I asked. But Mia didn't seem to know why. “I don't know Sofia.” Mia said.“Seriously. Everyone keeps telling me what happened, but no one can tell

I barely slept that night. Every time I closed my eyes, I heard Arlo's words again, he wanted to meet me, not us just me alone, I kept wondering why. If Konstantin had nothing to hide, why wouldn't he speak to both of us? Arlo was his grandson. If anything, he should have been the person in that room with me.But Konstantin had specifically asked for me and that made me nervous. By morning, I'd already changed my mind about going at least three times. I was standing in front of the mirror when there was a knock on my door. “Come in.” I said not even minding who was there. Arlo walked in.His eyes went straight to me. “You're going.” Arlo said not a question, just said, I nodded. “You don't have to.” He said again. “I know.” I replied I know I could decide not to go but still curiosity was getting away with me. “Then don't.” I turned away from the mirror. “I need answers.” I said, Konstantin might say something about my past.“You think he'll give them to you?” Arlo asked. I also didn

I walked down the hallway slowly, Konstantin's last words following me with every step, “don't make the same mistake your sister made.” It was clearly a warningI didn't know what mistake he was talking about, but I couldn't stop thinking about it.Mia had warned me too.She had told me to be careful with the questions I was asking, and now Konstantin was saying almost the same thing in his own way. It was beginning to scare me.I reached the stairs and stopped for a moment, looking down at the lower floor.What if I was doing exactly what Isabelle had done? What if I was asking questions that I wasn't supposed to ask?And what if the consequences Konstantin kept talking about were the same consequences that had made my sister disappear? I shook my head.I couldn't let fear stop me, I needed answers, I needed to know if my sister was still alive somewhere but if Konstantin wasn't going to give them to me, then I needed to find someone else who could.Someone who knew what had happened