married for show
"
The voice cut through the silent ballroom like a serrated blade.
Chloe stepped out from the crowd of onlookers. Her dark sunglasses were gone, her eyes red, swollen, and filled with heavy, desperate tears. She looked completely small, trembling as she pressed her hands against her chest, playing the role of the terrified, guilt-ridden younger sister flawlessly.
"Chloe?" I asked, a sudden, brutal pain slicing straight through my chest.