A Marriage Built on Deception

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ext. Her taunts were cheap. I

o Madison had mentioned worked for her. It didn't take a "hefty sum of cash," ju

rk. "She treats us like dirt. For what you'r

-staffed for the anniversary part

arf, and hid my face behind a mask and sunglasses. I

ouse, my heart seized. Hanging above the grand

Wyatt on her lap. Caleb and Madison stood behind her, one on each side,

nted to a glass case filled with trophies. "See that silver belt buckle? T

e Blackwood family, how I'd timidly asked my grandmother for

eyes and said, "Everything

st. I just w

"She stitched this for Wyatt's pony herself. Every single stitch. Never seen he

e casual, but the

emory, a moment stolen from my life. Caleb at the hospital with a newborn Wyatt. Caleb teaching

ections," the "meetings with important clients"-they al

e happy family returned. They'd been at the town's Founder

. Madison laughed, dabbing at their faces with a handkerchief. Th

against Caleb, her voice a practiced, delicate whine. "Caleb, I just... I don't want Wyatt t

more time. I'll handle everything. You just focus on his birthday party in five

ht couldn't break any f

t to escape that suffocating place. But as I passed the stables, I

His sharp eyes nar

asked, his voice l

wn, my pulse hamm

cent, the familiar smell of my husband, en

me," he c

his fingers about to snatch the scarf from my