His Unwanted Wife Is A Secret Genius

m. Three hours until their third wedding anniversary dinne

brity news app. She didn't mean to look, but the headline snag

en Carlisle's Fir

xed, a gentle smile on his lips she hadn't seen in years. He was fastening a glittering diamond necklace around the throat of Everleigh Wade, his supposed childh

about their "rekindled flame," detailing their shared history and dro

sofa and ran to the bathroom, her body heaving over the toilet. Nothing ca

wasn't just physical. A dry, humorless laugh escaped her lips. Three years. Three years of trying, of hop

er her features. She needed to hear his voice. She needed to hear him lie

each tone stretching her nerve

was the same as always-c

rla asked, her own voice soundin

rom having physiological needs once a month as a

versary, and it's also the

promised that he would

him mentally scanning his calendar for some forgot

led through the line, high and cloying. "

s Eve

ood frozen, the phone still pressed to her ear, the sil

en was, from the sta

rchestrated by the Carlisle family patriarch. Darien had treated i

n't refuse. In fact, she was secretly delighted. No

first love named Everleigh. Darien's family disapproved of E

for three years, they remained in a de facto marria

rs of devotion could melt the ice around his

ppeared, she realizes j

the massive walk-in closet, the rows of designer clothes a testament to a life she was living b

the tremor deep inside her. She carefully concealed the dark circles under

nly be once. For both her and Da

n't hers, clung to him like a second skin. He had clearly forgotten their dinne

e commanded, h

went to his jacket, sliding it off his broad shoulders. Her touch was

ere rough, detached, as if he were performing a tediou

t of her humiliation. In a final, desperate act, she reached up and kissed him

es, and his breath grew hot. "Is t

n quickly laughed. "Yeah, I j

her, it was always Carla

cing injections, tonics, or even various posi

ild, Darien lost interest. He pushed her away, got up, took a

ss a single joint. After wiping, he tossed the tissue into the trash can and de

hile to realize that he must be referring

question, but in

k just to deno

h someone had poured a bucket of ice water on her,

lly. Her delicate face now showed a cold expression, completely different fro

o try to maintain complete secrecy about your affairs. You act like scumbags, yet expect to be regarded as respectable people! Not to

arla as obedient and sensible, so he hadn't rea

h, it's we

hly pushed her away. "Stop trying to put your fi

less and utterly despicable, while Ev

im weren't even worth o

e was blind to have liked

und when she was young, she wo

lways treated hi

h a look of pure disgust. "Don't play

shattered the last

nd went into the bathroom, the sound of the s

turning with a vengeance. Her phone buzzed on the nigh

? I saw t

g and tracing a silent path down her temple. An idea, cold and sh