Todos los capítulos de THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 54

Two days passed without a word from Marcus.Vivian counted the hours. She counted them while she scrubbed the kitchen floors, while she folded linens in the laundry room, while she carried trays to rooms she was not supposed to enter. She counted them until the counting itself became a kind of prayer.On the first day, she told herself he was simply being careful. Marcus had contacts to meet, evidence to hand over, people to warn. These things took time. On the second day, she began to worry.By the evening of the second day, she was standing at her window, staring out at the darkened grounds, searching for any sign of movement. There was none. The garden was empty. The gates were closed. The house was silent.Marcus had promised two days. The two days were almost gone.---That night, Vivian did not sleep.She sat on the cot with her back against the wall, the key to the service tunnel clutched in her hand. She had not let it go since Marcus had given it to her. It was the only thing

Marcus was summoned to Damian's study on the fourth morning.Vivian did not know about it until later. She was in the kitchen when she heard two servants whispering near the pantry. "The master called for Hale this morning." "He looked furious."Vivian kept her head down and continued washing dishes. But her hands had gone cold. Damian had summoned Marcus. Damian was angry. And she had no way of knowing what had happened behind that closed door.She spent the rest of the morning moving through her tasks mechanically. By midday, she had still not seen him.---Marcus did not appear in the garden that afternoon.Vivian waited by the hedge, pretending to gather herbs, but he never came. She waited until the sun began to set, until the air grew cold, until she could no longer justify staying outside. Then she returned to the servant's quarters with a knot in her stomach.She excused herself early from the evening meal and retreated to her room. She sat on the cot with her back against the