I nodded. Yeah.
“I just really wanted my husband to love me. To think of me on our wedding night. And only me.”
I touched my neck. Her scratches still burned. The way Story had come just hours before was fucking tattooed inside me forever.
How I came inside her.
A sick, twisted part of me wished for something I knew would only bring destruction to all of us.
“Are you going to be sleeping with her in this house?” Lottie asked. “People will talk.”
“I know you don’t know me very well, Lottie, but I wouldn’t do that to you. Or her.”
Her shoulders sagged; then her eyes shone again. “But…I’d understand if you need to say goodbye. If…if…tonight wasn’t enough.” More tears fell down her cheek, and she looked like saying the words had almost made her sick.
Music drifted in beneath the cracks in the door, floating around us. Downstairs, the real party was just getting started, my mother’s revenge for forcing such a small wedding.
“I already said my goodbye. From this day on, I’m your husband.”
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TO BE CONTINUED
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There are rules to being Abigail Crowne’s bodyguard, rules to watching the infamous billion-dollar heiress, otherwise known as the Reject Princess.
Never forget your place, always put the Crowne name above all else, and never, ever hurt the Reject.
Especially don’t torment the Reject.
Even if she is a spoiled brat.
So when an opportunity presents itself to punish her, you definitely shouldn’t take it.
Then again, Abigail loves to be tortured, and I’ve waited patiently for revenge.
I’ll keep her safe... with cruel protection.
Love is off limi
ts with Abigail Crowne, but no one said anything about hate.
ABIGAIL
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My head pounded as I dragged my feet through the gate. Carrying my strappy Jimmy Choos, I walked alone past towering wrought iron, along cobblestone and perfectly trimmed emerald-green hedges, past crystal-blue fountains and dower-faced guards. They didn’t look at me, but I felt their stares all the same.
I’d lost my bodyguard. Again.