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"Nina, we might have to push back the wedding."Silas held me tight, sounding a little guilty. "Isabella's been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her dying wish is for me to take her on a monthlong honeymoon. I can't let her die with regrets."You know how it is. She's dying. I can't just abandon her."I looked at Silas's adoring expression. What a joke.Silas and I had only gotten together because our families arranged the match. But over time, his sweetness and thoughtfulness won me over.On my birthday, he'd give me the most expensive jewelry. He remembered everything I liked. If I so much as mentioned I couldn't sleep, he'd cancel a business deal and rush home overnight to be with me.But all of that changed when his first love, Isabella, came back to Manhattan.Our anniversary dinner got cut short because she said she was scared of the dark. Silas didn't even stop to explain. He just got up and left, and everyone in the restaurant laughed at me sitting there alone.When I had append

Ryder gently patted my back as I slowly calmed down.For the next few days, Isabella didn't send any more taunting messages. I figured having Silas's cards frozen had finally taught them a lesson.But three days later, I finished work that afternoon and checked my phone, only to find Isabella's latest post.In the photo, she was leaning on Silas's shoulder, wearing an antique pocket watch that looked incredibly familiar.Before I could think about it, the butler called from the house, sounding anxious. "Ms. Bernard, something terrible happened!"Silas showed up out of nowhere with Ms. Grey. He said she liked the antique pocket watch your mother left behind, and he took it by force. We couldn't stop him. You have to come back and see for yourself!"My mind went blank. I hung up and drove straight to the house, where I ran right into Silas and Isabella on their way out."Stop!" I got out of the car and shouted at them. "Give back what my mother left me!"Silas immediately stepped in fron

Dressed in a crisp suit, Ryder held Nina's hand in the lavishly decorated chapel and kissed her tenderly in front of everyone.Huge captions scrolled across the bottom of the screen: "Ryder Novak, head of the Novak family, marries his beloved Nina today."Silas's eyes went wide, and he cried out, "Uncle Ryder?!"No... this can't be happening!"Nina and his uncle? There was no way the two of them could be together. Silas stared at the TV, telling himself over and over that it had to be fake.But a second later, he saw Nina smile and kiss Ryder. Silas's chest tightened as panic and despair unlike anything he'd ever felt swept through him.He shut off the TV and ran out of the hospital room like a madman.When Silas burst into the castle chapel, the ceremony was in full swing. Everyone turned to stare at him in shock."Wait!"Silas was out of breath, but he was still clinging to some ridiculous hope as he looked at me eagerly."Nina, stop it. You're trying to get a rise out of me, right?

In the end, Silas left, a total wreck. I watched coldly from the second floor and felt nothing at all.Ryder came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. He rested his chin on my shoulder, and his breath on my neck sent tingles through me."Going soft on him?" Ryder snapped.I turned to look at him and saw a hint of unease and obsession behind his piercing gaze.So even the man who'd taken control of the Novak family at such a young age could feel insecure?I reached up and stroked his face with my fingertips. "Ryder, listen to me. That isn't love. He just doesn't want to lose. And I'll never go soft on someone just because he can't stand losing."Ryder looked at me, and the unease in his eyes slowly faded. In its place was fierce, burning possessiveness."Nina, even if you did go soft, I'd never let you go now."He took my hand and pressed it to his broad chest so I could feel his heart beating. Then he cupped the back of my head and kissed me hard....When I woke up the next da