y like any normal person

on, a husband who barely tolerated my existence and a warning that sounded les

d at me to turn around, to go back to my

the door, silence s

d at the silver handle, my fingers tightening

ed back down the corridor. But just as I turned

han's voice echoed t

fr

my spine as I slowly

one hand gripping the frame

bit of ignorin

trayed me with a slight trembling. "You ha

n't change, then, unexpectedly,

hould

pearing into creepy rooms

ets people i

ouble and I ar

lutched between my fingers. His expression shifted, "W

t it. "It was ly

stinct in my body screamed at me to ste

photograph from my hand an

bed,

she?" I

tened. "I sa

sabella B

mething flashed across his face. Pain

't ask

d, neither of us moved, then he turned around and disappea

te before finally retreating t

*

ight had been some bizarre dream but then I saw the weddi

I forgot where I was. Then reality struck me, I was in Blackwood Manor. Stu

answers. The dining room was already occupied, Ethan sat at the end of the eno

rning,"

"Good morning,

bit my lip, pulled out the ch

wife before breakfas

aper without lifting h

him. "Such

coffee. "You're very

your lack of persona

rst time, Ethan actually looked at me, there was

ood." He warned, althoug

wh

t thinking w

"That seems

settled over the table the

than's expression darkened instantly.

?" I

ewspaper and stood

sounds love

rowned and with tha

*

wood Manor was beautiful, but it was also enormous and strang

entrance. Never enter the west wing, rule number one. N

ing about it,

ood behind me, carry

ng abou

ng the

ocently. "I

s head and walked away but before disappearing down the hall, he tur

hy

"Because some wounds ne

elt even more cu

*

with a glass of whiskey in one hand and a book in the other. For someone

doorway and asked cas

nued. "I thought billionaire

on wee

. "Was th

" He murmured loud eno

nto the room. "Wha

d see the cover. "Something that

er answer

N

med photograph on the shelf beside him, it was the same woman from las

ked i

as bea

stood up quickly, staring at me like

wasn't angry, no, it was

me and asked. "She was y

ree strides and took the

not to ask

just cu

isn't alway

n't give up. "Did som

a moment, I thought he wouldn'

e d

ightly. "I

g else, his phone rang.He glanced at the screen, and whate

He walked tow

" I yel

pped.

nally I asked. "Why

, then he looked over his shoulder an

en what's the

met him, there was something strange in his expressi

e asking why

d after him with my heart pounding. Why did I choose you? The

helf Ethan had been standing beside. Something white was sticking out from betwe

UNDER'S WIFE DIES

ackwood. My eyes moved to the date, it was fifteen years ago, I turned t

the t

ibrary. I shoved the clipping back into the shelf, my heart racing, my hands shaking. I b

looked like panic. His gaze immediately fell on the bookshelf, on the

touch a

g my voice to stay

rying to decide whether I was lying, then,

from my mot

and walked away. Only after he disappeared did

d hanging from it was

ong time after he left, the ke

number one. Never

been good at f