The Wrong Bride, His Revenge
The morning light was cold and gray.
I stood at the window, watching the frost creep across the glass in delicate, crystalline patterns. Winter had settled over the farmhouse, a quiet blanket of white that muffled the world outside. The garden was bare, the skeletal branches of Anna's roses reaching toward the pale sky like dark fingers. The petals had long since fallen, buried somewhere beneath the snow.
Rex walked to me, his footsteps soft on the wooden floor. I felt his warmth before he touched me, the heat of his body cutting through the chill that clung to my skin. His hand found my waist, palm pressing gently through the thick fabric of my sweater.
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