Chapter 566

Clara always thought she'd be the type to notice this sort of thing. Deep down, she hated how close Dylan got to her. But when he slipped his fingers between hers, she hadn't even realized it was happening. It was like her body just accepted his touch before her mind could object.

Now she lay in bed, wide awake. Third night in a row, and she still couldn't sleep.

Ever since the wedding, every day felt off, like she was living in some weird dream.

None of it seemed real.

Being married to Dylan felt especially fake.

After another night of tossing and turning, she finally got up, her head spinning, vision blurry.

If this kept up, she thought, she'd probably drop dead in Palm Bay.

A knock came at her door. One of the housekeepers wanted her to come down for breakfast.

just rolled over, face

your period?" the housekeeper

She dragged herself to the bathroom to check, and-yep-her period

she felt hot and cold at the same time. Totally

tired reflection, took a slow breath, and changed into something clean before

immediately started

soup. Have a little, it'll

but out of the corner of her eye, she saw Dylan sitting nearby.

Dylan gotten the

Dylan's allergic to." She turned to

looking pretty pale behind his newspaper, just gave a small, gentle

her spoon, speechless. It wasn't that she cared-she just couldn't forget his allergic reaction before. It had been a whole

drank her soup, distracted, her

to do was look up, and there he was. She opened her mouth, then hesitated, but finally blurted it

over a week now, whenever she managed to fall asleep, she

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