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"Did you think that I would marry you instead of her? C'mon, you are only an orphan. No one knows where you originate from," Vickson's words kept repeating in Hailey's head after he had just embarrassed her by choosing her stepsister as his mate instead.
As if that was not enough for him, he still forced himself on her. And Hailey is blamed by her adoptive mother, as she forces the both of them to get married. She didn't want to bear the shame of what people would say.
But her stepsister, Ava, would rather die than watch the two of them live in peace as husband and wife….
Ava becomes their worst nightmare!

I want you back mate

The silver-eyed man laughed, a deep intimate sound. "Won't? Or can't?"

I let out a sharp breath and almost got ready to respond when he took a step closer causing my spine to tingle with his presence.

"You've held on for so long" he continued in his soft voice, almost sympathetic. "To pain, to love, to a past that has nothing but shattered you. And for what?"

I shook my head trying to shake off his words but they seeped in anyway like poison through the cracks of my defenses.

"Vickson would never want this for me" I said, clutching my arms like that would keep me together.

The silver-eyed man's expression didn't change but his look became different somehow.

His words struck like a dagger and I stiffened.

"Vickson fought for you, yes," he said, pushing his head slightly. "But do you ever really believe in him?"

Chapter 46: The Darkest Temptation