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living room, and for one stupid second my h

hose hand sh

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Nat

er's like they'd been doing it forever. Their smiles were too bright, too pleased

ews of their lives. They looked happier than they'd been around me in months, not since they'd foun

I'd been rais

lt like it

into the background like I'd been doing ever since Serena came h

g questions I couldn't answer. When did Nathan and Serena get this close? When did they even start

," I managed to say, but my vo

as horribly

rp and knowing. She lifted their joined hands h

light and teasing, dripping with fake innocence. "Is

up

me like a f

boyfriend, my mate, and you're

r and brought her home, my entire world had flipped upside down. I'd gone from being the beloved only child to being t

as what they'd been searching for all these years, and

ade it her personal mission to make my existence in this house unbearable

ought she'd go

y question was the stupidest thing she'd ev

w

nt of me. My parents were still chatting away like nothing was wrong, like their adopted daugh

my boyfriend!" The words exploded

pologetic, Serena clutched her ears and made this theat

to burst my eardrums! I already

twisted nightmare where everyon

poke up, and his wor

on was nothing but an inconvenience he had to deal with. "Serena has gone through so much before we finally found her. She deserves to get wh

apped me acr

nd? How could they act l

could even respond, and her

t place was because you were the heiress of this family. Now that the real heiress is b

ered into a th

property to be handed over, like our mate

mates! Do you not understand the gravity of that?" My voic

poke, and his wo

t you. I don't feel the mate bond between us anymore.

t my hands trembled, but I clenched my fists and held b

voice shook with rage and betrayal. "The only reason you're doing this is because I'm no longer the heiress, and lik

ge and he rolled his eyes hard, sinking back i

to use your words properly. I have wealth too, so why on earth would I be

"A person with wealth can definitely seek more wealth to

peration, like she was the victim h

ow how to handle rejection? You're no longer wanted, so why not just accep

every ounce of control I had left. But I refused to let the

ers and looked Nath

o it on your behalf, you miscreant! I, Fiona Larso

bitter and vile, but I forced them out wi

watched for his reaction, for any sign that this hur

tayed blank and unreadable, like my rejection meant absolutely n

g else, knowing he could di

t for the door, refusing to let them

handle, Serena's voice cut thr

! That's not all

t didn't t

this moment. "Just in case you're feeling jealous of us getting married, woul