Velvet sin:Reborn To Ruin Him
al bed and the pain that filled me, then nothing. Now, I found myself in a room that was too fancy and unfamiliar. As I sat up, my head spun. My hand touched my neck, and I noti
oo much and trusted too easily. Aiden Thorn shattered that trust. He was the man who broke my heart. I swu
sound of a gentle knock on the door suddenly hit me hard. Despite feeling pain in my heart, I reluctantly welcomed someone into the
Miss Monroe again," she addressed me formally. She smiled and then raised my eyebrow in
on.'". The exact individuals who had once taken my life.' I hadn't forgotten that. They'd arranged my death, m
not here to p
ined my gaze and asked, "Wh
the mansion of the Velvet Circle was safe
no
e on my tongue.' I didn't want safety. I want
I didn't require anyone's approval, particularly from those who betrayed me. I needed information but didn't know where to begin. "I will be ready when, you know," she said before welinging away. She nodded and proceeded to leave. She nodded and then left, leavi
and neglected when I last saw him.... I devoted myself c
as then. T
ndifference, or optimism in me. I became a weapon and attacked Aiden Tho
le that he would marry my sister and be with another person shortly after my passing? It made my blood boil. It
him fall in love with me agai
. Still there, a raw wound that had not healed. Still, I wouldn't
roaching. As I stood up, I glanced at the window and observed a person walking across the courtyard
, the man who had once belonged to my h
nt glow of something. Regret? Guilt? I couldn't tell. But I didn
when he said, "Sera." He wasn't expecting you to
ied, my voice being ste
self-conscious look on his
idn't want any of this at all.". Not for me, not
me hard. The excuse I had heard a hundred times before,
on is irrelevant," I mutt
ll pay f
clenched filled me with emotion, and I could feel his pain for the first time
k into my life and expect everything to be al
his: 'I stood inches away from him, my body just a bo
move. He didn't flinch. Nonetheless, I could perceive it in
as back. The payment wa