The Marriage He Thought Was Fake (The Revenge Affair-Book 2)

the day I learned that even my

y mother introduced me to the man she h

ike it was nothing. Like she hadn't just placed a stra

t him. Adrian Beaumont. Tall,

born into money and never having to question whether the world would make ro

is hand. "Adr

is hand. I di

Group," my mother continued. "The tw

whether I knew him. Not whether I had even finished grieving the man

y mother's arm. "Mother, do you underst

. "I'm trying to secure

posi

nheritance to you." Her voic

ightened aro

, your cousin will take everything from you. Yo

"Grandfather isn'

s going to wait for yo

harder than th

ea what you're

ly what I'm t

s the best option. The most succ

d. "Mother, he

nt, educated, powerful, and the heir to o

't make him

s him su

if I were choosing a new

changed,

nt s

dfather softened you too muc

st tig

ld worked. You knew what was at sta

father ju

last five years preparing you to

't prepare you so you could throw

the

Once the funeral is over, Adr

on't

u w

N

led." She

an as if our conversation had been

the funeral,

logy in them. Just calm acceptance. As though he had already accepted a fu

ow what was happening

d spent decades building an empire. So naturally, half the peopl

People who had spent years calling him Philip and suddenly r

parents. The same cousin my mother had just warned me about. The same cousin

somehow, everyone was alrea

ot yet. I nee

andfather had wanted. Someone who would

e. He wasn't there. I looke

f knowing how I took my coffee, showing up when I

ed me to pretend to be anything else. And to

. I hated myself even more when I

approaching. William and Lily

hed me first

into a hug.

ething inside me cracked. I closed my eyes

yself to breat

one hand resting gentl

a great ma

ked a

is legacy is still alive. And you'r

wed. "Th

. Still searching him Ner

n the way from

ked a

ach town

for him." The li

a sad smile. She

ave to prete

ened to words about my grandfather's kindnes

d lost my grandfather. Nobody seemed to understand that I wasn't thinking about h

rgued with him. The way he had looked at me during his f

e him longer. I should hav

mother's voice

pfather. My mother had left my little brother wi

n is w

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