Chapter 2 A Substitute

If they thought she was worthless, fine. She’d leave them to it.

Five years of trying to make this marriage work, all that love and effort she’d put in… what a waste.

Later, Arthur’s assistant came to handle her discharge paperwork.

Keeping up her act of memory loss, Charlotte looked at the assistant. “Who are you?”

Grace Johnson hesitated briefly. “I’m Mr. Harrison’s assistant. I’m here to take

home.”

you

“Mr. Harrison?”

“The man who was just here. Your husband.”

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laugh while keeping her expression neutral and

sighed. She couldn’t understand her boss’s thinking. His wife had lost her memory in a car crash, and he chose to call

marriage?” Charlotte mused, keeping up her act. “Is that why he’s saying we’re just

leaving Charlotte’s question

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Villa. Charlotte’s chest tightened at the

the image from that photo flooded her mind – Arthur holding Sarah, their bodies close, his eyes soft with a tenderness she’d never seen directed at her. The pain hit

him, she realized,

shared, the place where they’d built their life together. Five years ago, he had been drugged, and she’d woken up in his bed. Their families quickly arranged the marriage, and everything

night,

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but I won’t betray you. Let’s just be

meant no love,

She’d agreed.

life, telling her what

Charlotte fooled herself into thinking he was

hopeful and tried harder to be the

pregnant with Julius, and she started dreaming

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stayed cold, only showing passion

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