Chapter 292

Audrey’s POV

Dr. Clarke booked us a presidential suite with three rooms room, giving Emma and me the master without argument.

a study and two bedrooms. Adrian surprised me by taking the single

After getting Emma to sleep, I heated some milk and knocked on the study door where Adrian was still working.

He looked up when I entered, surprise flashing across his face as I set the glass on his desk.

“Thought you might want this before bed.”

Adrian studied me, eyebrow raised. “Is this how you prepared things for Blake Parker?”

The question stung. I turned to leave. “I was just thanking you for giving up the larger room. If you don’t want it, throw it away.”

“Wait.” His sigh stopped me. “I’m sorry. It’s just… Evelyn would never have done something like this. It caught me off guard.”

shrugged without turning around. “It’s

“Did you do

smile crossed

I wanted to be the perfect wife who waited up with something warm when he worked late. But he never gave me the chance,

did work from home,

secrets in here,” he’d say coldly. “Be

until I saw Thalia waltz

was just me he

My voice was steady, my back still to him. “I

wanting me to become like my

Adrian’s face darkened.

to treat me as Evelyn’s substitute. I’ll play her role.” I set down the tray. “But I cannot become my sister, and won’t

love him, I

being nice to you because you saved me, I don’t want to owe you, and I want to help my sister take

a hollow laugh. “You make me feel

left, closing the

the master bedroom, I found Emma sitting upright, wrapped in blankets, wide

you go?” she asked, blue eyes fixed

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