His Unwanted Wife, Now Unreachable Queen

all. For five long years, she'd been used to being forgotten. But today, her entire world shattered as

urning car five years ago. He never knew it was Bailey who pulled him from the flames, nor that Haleigh's

ebration for Haleigh at the manor. Her wet arrival drew only cold annoyance; Jameson gave

us Brown Recluse spider dropped onto Bailey's hand, sinking its fangs deep. As white-hot agony e

the car. Left to die alone, struggling for breath as her body shut down, Bailey knew this was the end of playing their

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ing autumn rain slammed into my thin trench coat, soaking straight through to my skin,

he Douglas family had left me standing in the co

ore a custom black suit that seemed to absorb the gray light of th

ails dug into my palms so hard the skin broke, but I could

ed in the wind. She swayed, letting out a soft gasp as she pretended to

lifting her out of the water. His face was tight with panic and fierce, desperate protection. He held her like she

t was me. He tho

wet clothes. Beneath the fabric was an ugly, jagged scar. The place where they had cut into me

street water splashed half a meter high, crashi

o my bones. But I didn't blink. I couldn't

. She looked up, her face g

wered his head and deepened the kiss. In the gray,

of my throat. Five years of waiting, of bleeding, of

lade hit the metal pole of a stre

napped up. He frowned, his eyes sca

back hit the freezing metal panel. I held my breath, pressing my hand over my mouth.

swept over the empty corner where I had just been standing.

is gaze away from the street. He looked back at her, his eyes softening

ed her inside the backseat with extreme

rom behind the billboard. I watched the red tail

augh tore out of my throat. It sounded broke

my phone. The screen was cracked. The rain m

h a rough motion. My thumb opened the contacts. I stare

red delete button. I didn

arch bar. The system bypassed my regular contacts

ll. It rang

t voice answe

. I heard his breath catch in surp

et. "Activate my mother's secret trust fund," I

rave. "Liquidating the assets right now wil

want to buy a private island in the Pac

t. I turned my back on the street where the Maybach

on't have to play this d