Chapter 46 The Truth About Our Childhood

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“The bracelet? The one that you were very upset about?” I was shocked, seeking confirmation from the beauty standing in front of me. I couldn’t help but wonder, was it possible that Ciana was… her?

Watching Ciana prepare for her wedding to Warren was frustrating in more ways than I could list. She seemed so happy about the entire situation. Her face was beaming, and she couldn’t stop smiling.

It was almost as if she’d forgotten that none of this was real, that we were only playing our roles, and that she wouldn’t really be marrying Warren.

‘I couldn’t think of anything nice to say about seeing her in any of the wedding gowns, but the words I used to describe the gowns didn’t really reflect my opinion about her.

In fact, she looked beautiful in anything that she wore.

So if my stupid brother didn’t notice that in this realm or in reality, then there was truly something wrong with him.

Now, with her still wearing the dress that complimented her breasts so nicely, she had begun to tell me something that might just change everything forever.

“Well, I have a secret….” she confessed.

I tried to hide my curiosity behind my scowl. It was easy-scowling was pretty typical for me.

“Well, you see, a long time ago,” she began, sinking down to sit on the edge of the little stage in front of the mirrors, “I was chasing a beautiful white pony through the woods when I found an injured young man.”

A chill went up my spine, but I was able to hide it from her. I knew this story-very well. “And?” I asked.

She looked up at me, and I saw that my sharpness had wounded her. Not for the first time. “I will spare you all of the details, but we spent some time in the woods together. 1 helped nurse him back to health, and he got a very special flower for me, one I couldn’t access by myself. It was nice. I felt like I had a connection to him.”

name?” I blurted out, wondering if she even knew what he was

But it was still one of the best memories in my life. It was just about… being there together. Helping one

deep breath, held it for a second, and then let it out. “As a gift.” That was a statement, because I also

day. He had on a mask the whole time, so I could see his eyes, but I never saw his face. I didn’t know

double vision the entire time because of the

the one that your

It IS it.” Ciana sounded quite sure of herself. “I’ m positive. I would know that

this injured

temptation to argue with her, to tell her that she didn’t have to say it, almost got the best

it. Maybe the young man that you gave it to tossed it in the trash, and

see I’d angered her. “He wouldn’t throw it away!” she said. “I guess it’s possible, but he has the same

loose from where it had been tied in the back of

brother. I understand that what transpired between us all of those years ago happened when we were young. We didn’t know one another well, and we were relying on one another to get through a tough

know what

I have in my mind of the young man are real or not,

wasn’t like me to get emotional about something like that, her connection to the injured young man. I refused to comment at all because I figured anything I

the woods, and I will always appreciate his kindness in getting that flower for me, but thinking that I was in love with him, well, that’s just

before I could

and for a moment our eyes met. I saw a flicker of

I saw in her eyes that she was genuinely considering

gone out of his way to help me in ways that no one else ever has.” Her words

had come to her rescue, it had been because of something I had done

certainly

where Ciana was now pulling herself up off of the stage. “I’m going to go get

me, and while I knew it had to have been difficult for her to open up and share such an intimate secret with me, I had to keep acting like it wasn’t

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