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Harris was sharp Sharper than I’d thought His words hit true, right in s

I schooledsure that Harris didn’t see how his words affected me “I’m aware of the stakes here, Detective Harris”

He tilted his head ever so slightly “Just wanted to uys are easy to hate at the start But when they’re handsome, when they can see inside you and manipulate you, when they have ht by Cristian, the purse that cost as et you’re sleeping with the enemy”

My gaze and stolid de with” I clenched my fists “And I definitely know that evil isn’t always as it appears”

Not giving him the chance to respond, I turned on my heel and left

I got up early the day of our engagement party

Early enough that Cristian was still sleeping It was the firstI’d woken up with him still in bed with me I’d never seen hiht, without fail No e

But I was deter sure to set my alarm earlier, my sleep thin, perched to silence the alarm before it woke Cristian

I was the one who’d tired hiht, so he reht,even in his sleep His troubles and worries followed him to his dreams, presumably because he went to such pains to hide them while he ake

My stomach fluttered ashisIt was erous I’d be held captive by visions of this

That was not oal was to escape the house unnoticed

Which I ed

It was not an easy task, ti my entrance perfectly

There was an aruard at the entrance to the estate I was sure he’d contacted the other guards as soon as he saw

The party was in full swing

Cars littered the driveway All expensive Very fucking expensive The a the property had tripled, at the least He didn’t trust the Bianchis Yet he’d brought thee bread with people who may try to kill you in their next breath

The door was opened for me the second I stopped the car

“Mrs Ro his eyes on mine

I took the hand he offered h I should’ve corrected him for the use of Cristian’s name, I didn’t I liked the way it sounded Loved the way he aze to an outfit designed to capture attention