Chapter 1193:

“Because I could use a little lapdog.”

Suddenly, his hand shot up and clamped around her jaw.

The pressure was unbearable; she let out a muffled whimper. But the glare in his eyes rooted her in place like ice in her veins.

He forced her chin up, examining her features with unsettling focus.

“This face… looks about eighty percent like Sadie,” he murmured, tracing a path across her cheek with a ghost of a touch, though his expression stayed as frozen as ever.

Hailey’s hands balled into fists, nails digging so deep into her palms they nearly broke the skin.

Mortification surged through her—a raw, searing shame, unlike anything she’d ever known.

the Burgess family. A remarkable doctor at Rosewood Hospital. When had anyone ever dared humiliate her like

didn’t lash out. She couldn’t even afford to let

skin. If she pushed him too far, she was certain he’d end her life without a

line between love and mania. Still, no matter how far he went, Sadie refused to

to crumble beneath this.

left—and

warning, she reached out and clasped the same hand that had just cut off her

to her cheek, lips curling into a practiced, delicate

“If…”

want, Mr. Howe… then I’ll stay. I’ll stay with you.” Her voice wavered, deliberately frail.

you. I can’t stand him either. Tossed me aside

live on

the near-replica of the woman he loved, now putting on this

a snap of revulsion, he jerked his hand free and shoved

to take Sadie’s place?

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