Reed noticed every morning. It was a constant reminder of the twisted

sterile white room. He was a powerful man, a tech mogul she' d met briefly

m and steady. "A marriage of convenience. It gets you ou

er birth family, the Sterlings, who had welcomed her back into their lives only to treat her like an inc

and defeat all at once. "But on one condition. We leave quickl

f understanding in his g

pen. Ethan Miller rushed in, his f

od you' re awake.

ively pulled it back, a small, almost imper

here." He began fussing with her pillows, adjusting her blank

. She saw it

a hero for how he' d been by her side since the accident. They didn' t know it was an act. They didn' t see the c

ter," Ethan said, patting

of bed, her muscles protesting. She moved silently down the hallway, her bare feet cold

than. An

l her about us?" Tiffany'

our wedding, everything will

stomach drop. A soft, wet sound.

her mouth to stifle a gasp. Their

ears. She stumbled back to her room, the world spinning. The I

d, the sterile white shee

ove, his years of supposed devotion-all

e gettin

k, hot and bitter. It was

It was with Liam, a stranger wh

as going