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infamous in our social
ed with freckles, and clothes that never qui
ry appearance caught Adri
people mocked him for having a "taste for t
, he spoiled me into becoming th
he kind that saw past appear
ne love letters in his study-and a trus
had been nothing but a lie-one that turned m
never l
tion in the Blackwood family, he
pers, wiped away the disguise that had made
..
y, my whole body
I'd found a love that went beyond
oment I found the unlocked
s. Every word fill
the same way. "To my
e, his regret over marrying someone else just to protect her, and his longing f
ut into me l
-his heart had always b
was just a convenient shield against the
g, the fear I endured-none of it was meant for
greement, listing every asset Adrian owned
ry name was the
ree years ago-the day
had signed a do
ing clearly that I had no claim to a
family was too complicated, that h
believ
ht it was cons
e was a preg
s still Vivian. T
how, early in our marriage, Adrian had r
areful every single time, mak
hate children. He just
as waves of pain twi
marriage. I wanted love on my own terms, so I ran away f
dged, rejected-discrimina
ight after night, sketching designs, t
by my supervisor to impress his lover-and then
e dismissed as a troublemak
howed up. He pulled the surveillance
ad stepped in personally to clear my name and
left home that I saw genuine
, completely a
, I said yes withou
rian built me a per
ked me over with barely concealed mockery, he would lace
e would walk into the study, set down a cup
, he canceled the contract on the spot-even if it m
n. But you don't deserve
believ
l love-a man who saw past appeara
at trust tore the illusion apart and s
dialed a number I hadn'
n. And Vivian. I
th felt like being
st three years kept
family. After that, I became their target-followed when I went out,
s the price I had
been part of hi
ckly. The attachme
amily was brutal. Adrian's uncles had
d pushed me, the ugly and easy-to-
very open attack, every schem
d safe under his protec
o overlook my appearance. It was that m
om beginning to end-had been not
and sat in the dark
e stiff did I finally sta
ugly face staring back at
ed... until tear
years putting on an act. I
set hi
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