Chapter 0312

Chapter 0312

And now, he didn’t even seem to remember them at all.

Sure, we went through the motions of a honeymoon phase for a few months; we had lots of sex, shared pillow secrets, went on dates. But now, looking back, I knew that it was all an act. A tactic to keep me happy, keep me obedient until I produced an heir.

Or maybe it was his own attempt at forcing himself to love me when he had never gotten over Zoe.

Suddenly, a soft knock at the door pulled me from my brooding. “Come in,” I called, sitting up on the bed and smoothing down my hair.

Lily poked her head in with Olivia cradled in her arms. Her long brown hair was tied back in a messy bun, and she looked tired but happy. “Up for some company?”

I smiled, grateful for the distraction. “Always. Come here, you two.”

Lily settled on the bed beside me, placing Olivia between us. The baby gurgled happily, waving her tiny fists in the air. I tickled her tummy, marveling at how something so small could bring such joy.

“She’s perfect, Lily,” I murmured, gently stroking Olivia’s soft cheek.

“She is, isn’t she?”

but then bit my

and slept with him even though we didn’t know each other, Obviously, I never heard from him again; and when I told him I was

my shoulders slump slightly. “I’m

own. But then she turned her

had never been able to keep secrets from my sister, and the weight of everything I had been carrying suddenly felt too

I started, my voice cracking slightly, “everything’s such

marriage, the way Noah had locked me in my room, my


pale, her eyes fixed

nodded, a small smile tugging at the corners of my lips

sister gasped, throwing her arms around me and squealing into my shoulder. “Oh, Hannah! I’m so happy for you!” she practically screeched, but then lowered her voice when I quickly shushed her. When we pulled

in my own eyes, too. “Lily, I want to be happy but I just… feel so trapped,” I murmured, my voice thick. “I think Noah is going

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Then, to mu

piece on his fork and held

lips.

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