Married To An Unconscious Stranger: Loving the Man I Never Knew

e Brown's voice trembled, her st

y st

iding down steel. One of the man's hands pinned her

en violence of it. His touch burned like an ember against her skin-uninvited, scorching, a

cracked, small and broken.

k and heavy-broken only by hi

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door shattered Valeri

t family will arrive shortly. Ple

ing the fire of anger behind

if fate hadn't punished her enough, she was now being forced to marry Jonathan Holt-a man confined to a bed, comatose and unknowing, a

her every move. Holding her ailing mother hostage, he left

ry contact, every whisper of a lead, every phone call had

had no choice

white wedding dress, and pulle

w is everyt

iting-hoping-for the screen

the one person who hadn't turned

e had stayed, promising to help her find her

Minutes stretched like hours

rie pushed herself out of the room. The silence of the house presse

through the slightly ajar door, sharp as a knife's edge

her and tipping us off about her plans, she would have

rt hammered painfully in h

he door, unable to stop herself. Peerin

acey, his hand brushing her arm,

't you afraid Valerie will figure it all out? What if she fin

es, and she knows it." Lacey leaned closer, a smirk tugging at her lips. "Besides, if she ever found

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ars buzzed, a static hum drowning out eve

trembling beyo

es turning white as she tried to anchor herself-to c

owhere. Javier. Her Javier. The man she thought l

yed her trust; he ha

accident. It was a piece of their twisted ga

ng-coiled in Valerie's ears like poison. A wave of nausea rose in her throa

tears and pulled out her phone. She c

very cruel detail. She then uploaded the video to the Brown Grou

he two inside, her ga

edge. "This is only the beginning. Once I find my mother, I will make y

escended the stairs. Without a backward glance, she slipped into

of the Brown Group offices. The video Valerie had uploaded blazed through th