oe
l window shifted from inky black to a dull, br
to knock. She pushed the door open and fr
dress onto my bed. "Get changed. Th
s beautiful, but to me, it l
etting married," I said, my v
lips. "It's not up to you. The contract is s
o my head. "Yo
a said, her voice dripping with self-righteousness. "We
fe, twisting in a wound t
it was pointless. I sile
ightly. "That's a good girl. Remember, smile, don't talk
he girl staring back at me had a pale face and empty ey
ly in the living room. He saw me, his lips move
very last speck of dust was gone. The room was imm
sharp and punctual,
mile plastered itself on her face as she practically sprinted to open the door. "Oh, Mrs. Carlisle, Mr.
stairs, my palms slick with cold swea
orning." That must be Eleanor Carlisle, the formidable matriarch of the Ca
Montgomery Carlisle, the iron-fisted CEO of the Carlisle
most scraped the floor, while Fred hurriedly pulled out chair
wore a perfectly tailored Chanel suit and a sapphi
in a custom suit, but he carried an air o
ece of livestock being appraised at auction. None of them acknowledged
my daughter, Chloe. She's been so
witch of my lips, b
to the point. "Mrs. Kowalski, we are here to fin
led Freya's enthus
like a lightning bolt. "Given Blake's condition, we wa
lips before I could stop it. F
imperceptibly. She was clearl
Of course, of course, we completely agree. C
I was going to be married to a man
. The world was bl
ing ceremony, the timing of the press release, and the "contractual oblig
vigorously like lapdogs, the panic in my chest began to harden into a cold, sharp ange
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