The Unwanted Wife He Broke In Rain

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d of antisepti

cticed, professional murmur. "The hypothermia was severe. The stress on your bod

tiles. I counted the perforations. A

word scraped my th

It is highly unlikely you will be able to carry

tate. Instead, a strange, cold lightness settled in my chest. The tether that bound me

discharge p

head bowed, told me the Don

ly quiet. I walked past the living room and froze. Ther

ack. Elena was laughing, pouring tea from a silver servi

ly. I looked like a gho

st them wit

narrowing as they swept ov

had just returned from a grocery run, not the emergency

't even look at him. I went s

ever bought me. The red silk from Milan. The velvet from Paris.

diamond necklace from our first anniversary

h can. The cacophony of gold hitt

re you

oorway. He looked an

ing,"

instantly filling the space. He smelled of

ssed us. Elena is a guest. She saved my

was five feet tall, a monument to a lie. We looked so happy in oil and canvas.

avy brass letter o

ned, his voice dr

his smiling face, tearing the fabric down the middle.

ng speed. He crossed t

ip slammed into the solid wood, k

insane,"

lutching a plush doll to her che

s wide and innocent. "Leo wanted you

I looked at Elena. Her ey

soft fabric, a sharp pain spiked in my thumb. I jerked

point-up, deep in

h. "Oh no! I must have left a sewing needl

clumsy. She lo

ooking at the blood, then

grip tightening to the point of bruising.

ed to kill anyone who even thought about br

sing anyone,"

lood away. I let it drip onto the expensive

ired, Dante