ening as she teetered on the edge of ecstasy. She buried her face in the
along her neck and ear. In a hushed murmur, una
rs spilling freely, drenching the fabri
ly had she uncovered the cruel truth: it wasn't her who held a place in his heart during t
cocooned in the blanket, her eyes
ft as he leaned to kiss her cheek. "
me," Madelyn replied, her
froze.
in her body, Madelyn pushed herself uprigh
chest, Jason chuckled dismissively, "You're joking. Stop this nonsense."
with resolve. "When you're making l
owly, his handsome featu
ched the blanket, her expression a poignant
your heart-or Rebecca?" Her voice g
f Rebecca's posts. You've been in love with her for a decade, and ma
s world. It revealed the fact that Jason's true love was her adopted younger sis
Rebecca from her favorite bakery," Madelyn continued, each memory a fresh wound. "On
darkened, yet he
he Clark family's eldest daughter. When I returned to the Clark family, the arrangement shifted to me. But Rebecca sti
down her face
he truth, voicing it felt like
as born of love, only to learn
tone as cold as a winter wind, as if his tender whispers in bed belon
ingled with her tears. "
a naive outsider, a country girl out of her depth. Every brother fawned over Rebecca, treating
blanket slipping to reve
her marriage was her r
d her, she had thought about r
of the couple who had raised her, di
rred memories of their lost biological daughter, weaving
Madelyn to bear, so she consented to rejoin
rew embittered. Resentment festered, and Madelyn, unable to bri
rence. Jason's kindness stood out like a beacon, and she clung
she had bee
saw, was nothing short
as though she were the one being irrational. "That was ag
eady despite the ache. "Today is our third
ence was an
urved Madelyn's lips.