d on longer than she could bear.Every mi

window.Cain didn't speak a word. He simply drove, eyes forward, fingers

the warmth of the car.Her mind raced with everything that had just happened ,the sting of Adr

nto her palms. He knew things about her. Personal

e care enough

mbered h

t tes

le with fire in your eyes or fe

rful man to another? She didn't know what scared her more,staying, or the fact

ht smear past in streaks of rain and headlights. Every mile c

The massive iron gates groaned open as Cain drove through with

in its windows like watching eyes. She wanted to

ear the steps and kille

de," he said, the first thin

was no pity in his voice, but there w

umbled, pushing

rizzle, but the cold still crept under her skin. She walked toward the en

nd. With Katherine beside him.Katherine stood there in a silk robe, hold

o crawle

ald hissed. Do you have a

pparently not enough

you thinking?Gerald snapped. Running off like a spoiled brat. Do you know how close

r business de

hat Wolfe didn't call this off entirely? He could've rui

bag down. "I

" he retorted. You're lucky Mr. Wol

he said. If I'm so import

art, you were never meant to stay in his

ou enjoy saying things just to h

le vanished. "W

rade me to someon

ng is in two days. You'll smile, wear the dres

at if I

ugh to make her flinch. Cain stepped out

s done," he snarled. "Go inside.

" she said

quiet rage. "You're selli

rich beyond anything you can imagine. You think act

nd. Her silence

d everywhere until the ceremony. Don't even think

d then brushed past

then turned and wal

n. Too perfect. She walked slowly, dragging her fe

idn't mak

stairs, her phone in hand, eyes

k you know.Leaving the hou

o

with her words, peeked from behind her.Did you see him?

nd continued climbing the

e a b**ch."Phoebe

ut her words cutting deeper than she realiz

being given the chance to repr

ually this lucky.I mean, getting

ulled some stri

d,don't tell me you slept with him,just so

.She wasn't worth the reply anyways it's something she has gotten us

you are.Phoebe added Making sure She he

the house no one visited. The only difference was the silence

ed her knees to her chest, and

ad tw

she became Adria

in white beside a man who knew everything about her, and yet sh

terrified her more than st

she whispered

someone, an

way she always had. Quietly. So no one would hear and

atching TV, laughing like nothing was happening. They'd never be offered to

dor

holder. The name they remembered only when

s just

ed to strip her of her choices,

y'd taken from her... but she