time. I rushed in and frantically hit the c

I was driving the car he gave me. Once outside, I t

the driver a

trying to calm myself.

ulled up at the cemetery entrance, my phone

ad

ame through the spe

're free today, why not swing by? Let's have a little famil

used to my father's routines. Afte

ka

t past rows of graves, each one still and sile

out for a moment, then gave a fain

g the dust from the carved letters. Her n

mad at me?" I whispered. "Please don't

uch a mistake. I regret it so much, more than I can even say..." My vo

o the Wright family for a business all

who didn't love me. She said a woman would never find happiness

that all she wanted was for me to live a safe, h

, and I threw all her warnings aside, convin

man who doesn't love you?

he last. It felt like a huge weight lifted from my chest. But just as I start

ir sat not far off,

seen tough days, and a faint stubble shadowed his face, but his fe

meone who'd been through a lot. And now, the

face clearly, I froze

already set, and the smell of food filled the air. When I lo

via Harrison, my mom's sister, dressed to impress with her designer outfit and sparkly

e perfect little happy family

tted me, he waved me

ding there? Your aunt and cousin came all this way to

" The housekeeper, Sarah Wilson, hurried over and flung open

Sarah noticed I was barefo

s too busy pourin

poke up that anyone rea

turned to look, and then she let out

a piece of jewelry? And now no shoes?

someone who just got tos

a little advice-being able to marry into the Wright family is a

with all this for the sak

t, my tone icy. "Ronald's my husban

phia? Don't you think it's a bit much

then her eyes got all red like she was about to cr

e? I only said it for her own good. If someon

ia-who definitely isn't as sweet as she pretends t

nald kicked her out, you shouldn't rub it in. Yo

dad, clearly stirring the pot instead o

ly, a mocking smile

ut Sophia wasn't my cousin-she was my half-sister. And that aunt of mine?

furious, I used Ronald during our messy fights to drain m

mother-daughter duo vanished into

th them in my last life. But this

say sorry. "She insulted me,

rk down and stared at

you talk to your little cousin? Di

le snort and smirked at

wn, I knew I was always t

lder. "So? Did you rea

sually while picking

t a breath he'd been holding. Even the fla

hat we've got here, marrying into the Wright fami

All thanks to Ron

ke him happy, keep him on your side-w

k 'cause we're short on cash. You've got