The Billionaire Deceptions

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was here, in this orphanage, potent

opt? I hoped Jack and

if he had forgotten all about me? And if his mothe

ght, as a million ques

place, of finding a new family, but I

e was playing som

und of a car horn snappe

" Mrs. Ander

hroat as we drove into t

he kind of place I had only ever seen in movies, a

front of the grand entrance, Mrs. And

e, Vivian," s

o

uldn't bring myself to respond, still too o

t her with the same care and respect you show me." Mrs. Anderson s

" they chorused bowing

to this kind of treatment, and the sight of it le

sponded, tapping my fin

rs. Anderson said, gently gu

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derson said softly, pushing open

to comprehend that this bea

ug, the windows, the cushions..

more steps inside,

eone was already s

of slippers rested beside the bed, and the closet door w

at Mrs. Anderson. "

was me and Lily's room, but I quickly remembered that M

my room or am I shar

ve for you to meet him." Mrs. And

, we both heard the sound of the

ned back to me. "Oh, he's al

re's someone I want you

n called out to Jack, m

and anxiety gripped me so tightly th

Did he even remember me

ly wiped them on my dress, hoping Mrs. A

tsteps on the stairs

s, building the tension until I f

o the hallway, waiti

as, walking down the

was even more handsome than I rem

back, just like it had alw

, hoping he would recognize me,

Lily," Mrs A

to be your

ing to process what Mrs

t,

definitel

ced up at her."Um...Mrs. Anderson," my vo

e talking, young lady. And you'll call me Mama

just stood there dumbfounded, una

plete stranger Lily?" Jack sneered. "You thi

The hate in his voice took me by surprise,

reaking with anger. "And no one.....especially not

zing with fury. "Take her back to wherever y

ped toward Jack. "That's enough, Jack. She isn'

er word. Instead, he turned away from us

tension in the room makin

e softening. "Come with me, darling," sh

lowed her into the room she had shown me earlier.

my late daughter, Lil

clothes, the furniture, I mean everyth

heart sinking as I tried to c

r eyes boring into mine. "You will wear what Lily wo

n, twisting my stomach into knots. "You're here

ds echoed in my head. What the hell i

nation, my escape, but I was wrong.....terrib

mpletely different personality. And now, his mother wants me to

" Mrs. Anderson ask

can't do this. I'm not Lily, and I'm not going t

tarted laughing, she laughed so hard th

ter subsiding as a wicked smile curled up on he

" I asked, my voic

adopted?" she snee

u were bought...paid for, from that matron who sold y

hitting me like a ton of bricks. "Bought

ands on her hips, a look of satis

to save you. You're mine, and you will be Lily. You'll do everyth

as the weight of h

oman, forced into a life that wasn't mine, and now,

y chest as I tried to

s some kind of nightm

napping me back to the present. "You should try

tonight and it's going to be a long ni