In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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He looked over to me and smiled softly. "Hey," he finally spoke. My eyebrows furrowed more. I could tell the smile that he wore was forced. He was hiding something behind it. He was nothing like the goofy, funny, seventeen year old that he was the day before.

"What's wrong?" I asked, making his small smile drop withing a mater of milliseconds. He sighed heavily as he ran a hand through his chocolate brown hair. He buried his face in his hands and mumbled something that was incoherent to me. "What?"

Evan lifted his head and turned to me once again. "I haven't been honest with you lately," he whispered.

"Okay?" I drew out the word, not understanding where he was going with it.

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