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l was t
ivory French lace stitched together so no one could
Don't you dare speak. D
er arm behind the cathedral d
will ruin us all. He will pull the fifty million and we will lose the house. Do you hear m
r right shoulder, from her collarbone to the blade. The mark her mother gave her when she was six years old with a hot iron because she spi
e crowd was
enna Vale!
glamorous, with perfect skin, perfect hair, the darling of Manhat
room on the third floor of the Vale house. The one only allowed out after midnight to clean
, pacing, sweating. "She left a note. She ran away with Leo.
er was Et
ance Group. Owner of hotels, airlines, tech companies. 6'2, black hair, grey eyes like a winter storm. They said he put
verything, had called
dollars. Strapless, tight. It showed the scar. "We will cover it with the veil. We will cover everything. Yo
Seraphina
send you to the mental asylum in Q
started. The massive cathedral doors,
r hit h
long aisle, covered in whi
k tuxedo that looked like it was made for him. Black hair combed back. One hand in
d up. Cameras flashed. This was the wedding of the year.
r mother p
hina
, too tight on her waist. Sienna was taller, more curvy. Seraphina was small,
Step
n breathing inside th
nally lo
ocked on her th
e, she felt it. Like ice water. He didn't smile. He didn't
in her head scr
d refused to walk her because "you are no
forward and
swallowed hers completely. His gri
ar under the veil. His voice was deep, smooth, but cold. Dang
body froze. Her bl
Leo. He knew S
king. "Dearly beloved,
n's thumb was rubbing over her wrist, over her pulse, fe
the crowd, it looked like a loving groom whispering to his bride. To Seraphina, it was a
her eyes be
take Sienna Vale to be your lawfully
d in the cathedral. Cold, clear, final. He did not look
do you take
speak. Her mother
d. The ve
speak now or forever
le
now kiss
In all weddings, the
id not
gh the veil, and whispered directly against th
so loud the mic
me. It was not a kind smile.
k her down the aisle. He dragged her. Past the shocked faces, past her
w York press was screaming, "
ened the back door of his black Rolls Royce Phantom himself a
ver. The doors locked wi
ed away from
ing so hard she th
ot looking at her. He was looking o
leas
, TAKE
vy veil. The pins pulled her hair. It tore. She p
le
t except for her
y turned his head
fying. Grey eyes, long lashes, sharp cheekbones. Bu
ing else was different. Sienna's eyes were always calculating, hard. Seraphina's eyes were red, filled with tears, innocent
he asked soft
aphina... Sien
he attic?" he asked. He
t to lie, they forced me, they said they would put m
so fast she
He caged her. His body was so close she could smell his cologne, cold and
ulder, where the strapless dress had slipped, an
over it. "Don't look
her wrist t
es darkened with something that looke
. His voice was no longer cold. I
ther... when
ther bur
bed and
curled into a fist against the
almost to himself, "and sold you to me
tear away from her cheek. The gesture was almost gentle
lie to me, little substitute?" he w
k, cryin
ily just made the worst mistake o
d dialed in front of her,
he Vale Group. Now. Freeze all their accounts. And call my lawyer. I want
a's eyes
d in his car, in his wedding dress
er tears. "You are not going back to that house. Ever. From tonight, you
I'm not Sienna
hink you are Sienna. But in my house, you are Seraphina. My wife. And no one touches what is
he church far behind, toward the tall,
t once, her heart beating so lo
a fake from the first second h
s keeping
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