His Silence Was My Secret

I was never supposed to be his bride. That was my sister’s fate, not mine. But she ran the night before the wedding, leaving behind her dress, her vows, and a monster waiting at the altar. My family would have been destroyed if she didn’t show up. So I put on the dress. I walked down the aisle. And I said yes to the most dangerous man in Velmora. Caius Deveraux doesn’t love. He acquires. He doesn’t forgive. He eliminates. And he never, ever loses. Now I’m living in his house, wearing my sister’s name, sleeping down the hall from a man who watches me like he already knows I’m lying. The closet is full of clothes in colors I hate. The kitchen has her favorite foods. And this morning, he slid a peanut butter bagel across the table toward me with those cold, unreadable eyes. I’m allergic to peanuts. He knows. I think he’s always known. And the most terrifying part? He hasn’t said a word. I have two choices. Run, and destroy my family. Stay, and survive a man who called me his the moment I said I do. The devil has my name on a contract. And he’s in no rush to let me out.

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