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she will be st

the hands of a woman lovingly as they both st

exy silk dress, its neckline daringly

muttered under my breath, sudden

auntered past me, holding his hands like she was de

to the sofa, her lips curving in a condescend

en hadn't told you.

new her. Genevieve. The woman

ecame self conscious. I probably smelled like di

nothing prepared me for his n

fficult. It was heavy and sharp, like somethin

en I looked up, Damien Cross was still standing the

fragile world around. I walked away, heading back to t

ing dropping on the kitchen counter where I sliced the vege

t opening it, but against

ting at the sight of

her ten years of the same mundane life," he cont

ove with G

evieve. Of course. Her name had already car

ost thoughtfully, "seeing the

py? I'm happy to have been a place holder for four years? I'm ecstatic that my husband

nything."We've both been miserable,"

didn't look guilty. If anything, he looked relieved. Like he

I asked quietly. "When you come hom

on genuinely confused him."Genevieve is

back and I can't let this marriage stand in the

was never meant to be mine. I was a second choice.

no longer a reason to keep me."Fine

there was no point engaging in any verbal warfare against

ly.I set the knife down carefully and turned off

I signed.I opened the file and pulled out the papers. T

aving with nothing, a hollow laugh almost es

" I said softly after signing. He did

lt too tight, like I couldn't breathe properly. I didn't kno

my eyes. I wiped them angrily, gr

ould scarcely see where I was heade

s and I picked without chec

e came through clearly. "You came in earli

focus amidst the tears and h

I have your results. You're pregnant."Ev

instantly."What.

It's still early, but the

, my heart beating harder and harder against m

I had stepped out of my own body.D

Would he have stayed if he knew? Would things have been different?T

shed directly in

hard, the glass of my vehicle shattering on my face as my body

lence. Then came the voices

clearly as everything was hazy. Just then the car door was f

said.It sounded so familiar that my hear

at... right?The man pulled me gently from the wreck

t."I knew... you'd come..." I murmured, my voice br

even if I died right now. I would