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However, I force myself to straighten and hold my head high. This is for my survival. I might love Adrian, but I won’t stick around until he’s bored of me, until he makes me go really crazy.
I tried to lighten it at the beginning, to make up for my lack of feelings with my actions, to show her that she’s special to me, even if I’m wired differently and didn’t know how to feel as she secretly wished. I thought she’d eventually see the effort I was making.
When the doctor said that she shouldn’t be put in stressful situations or surrounded by people who make her anxious, I distanced myself further. Even though it kills me to stay away from her, I can at least recognize that I’m the major cause of her depression and anxiety.
The only person in this house whom she loses her smile upon seeing is me. Even my fucking guards get her smiles. But never me. There’s a permanent frown etched upon her features when she meets my gaze. Her delicate face pulls down with deep, tangible sadness. Fuck that.
Maybe it won’t get clean air into my lungs, maybe I’ll never forget what she did, but I’ll never let her leave either. Tonight, I’m going to talk to her one last time about it. I’m going to ask her and I will listen as Kolya and Yan have been urging me to.
I’m staring at a replica of my wife.
Its so hot that he immediately knew (the bar is in hell)
I pull out my gun and point it at her. “You’re not Lia. Who are you?”
OH SHOOT
I stare at the woman again, hoping I’m wrong, but when I don’t find Lia in there, my chest constricts with something so similar to…fear. This is not Lia. So, where’s my wife?
He probably thinks she’s Lia. This Winter may be able to fool the world, but not me. She doesn’t have the permanently haunted expression Lia has. She might smell like her, but she doesn’t have that natural soft body scent that no one but my Lenochka has.
“Find Lia’s location through her dental tracker and send it to my phone,” I order.
DENTAL TRACKR?????? WHAT
she falls, her head hitting the counter. Blood splashes on the tile as her body slips down with a thud, her lips open and her eyes blinking slowly.
welp, that explains the veggie lia
Everything has been said and done, and now I have to focus on the future. But that doesn’t mean those thoughts don’t slice my heart open deep enough to leave a hole.
Reality blurs with something a lot more potent—hallucinations. My demons start whispering in my head, words that I can’t even discern. Oh, God, no. Please don’t torture me with my own mind.
My feet come to a halt at the top of a cliff. I stare down at the violent waves hitting the harsh angular rocks with trembling limbs. I don’t think I’ve ever been attracted to something so frightening. No, I actually have. Adrian.
You’ll also take Jeremy away from me for good. You’ll torture me with your silent treatment until I go mad or kill myself.” “I will not do that.” “You’ve been doing it already! Can’t you see that you’ve been slowly killing me? Killing us? You don’t even kiss me anymore.” I hate how my voice breaks with pain.
“Have you ever loved me, Adrian?”
He pauses as if the question is alien to him, but he doesn’t reply. Fresh tears stream harder at the answer he indirectly gives me. He hasn’t. Or, more accurately, he doesn’t know what love means. Never has and never will.
“Because I loved you.” I lay a palm over my heart and fist the material of my dress. “And ...
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He extends the hand of his uninjured arm. “Come down, Lenochka. Please.” “I took your hand before, Adrian, and you smothered me with it.” I smile a little. “I’d rather die quickly than slowly.” “Lia, no!” I close my eyes and let the wind take me down.
Ohmygod
