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The Misled Bride
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Your fiancé is very handsome"Chi Chi,one of the apprentice at Lou Couture gushed as she helped with my wedding dress.
I turned and glanced through the partition at the man in question.He bore strong resemblance to my silver fox. He was the replica of what James looked like ten years ago.He had a runner's build. Lithe yet compact muscles,not a single hint of fat anywhere. He was tall enough for a man,over six inches. All this was genial enough.What made you stop and take a second look was those weird green- grayish eyes. Hazel under the right shade. It changed colour with his mood.Those eyes could blaze with fury just as much as it could smolder with intensity. Either way,take a look in those eyes and you would be forever lost. It didn't help that he had a chiseled jaw and aquiline nose that made him look like a roman god. Bushy stubble that you just want to bite or run your hands through. Yeah,I would totally hit that.The weird thoughtRelated chapters
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"James?"A voice called from behind me. I turned around to find Sylvester Black poised on the staircase. "Why do you look like something the cat dragged in?" He asked,a frown marring his features.I feel like something the cat dragged in. Aloud, I said "I had business out of town and I just got back.""Still doesn't explain your appearance. It's not befitting for a Scion of the Crane family to be seen looking like.....this" He finished with a raised brow.Sylvester Black and my older brother, Beaumont have been friends since they were in nappies, and as such, I've been around him since I was a child. Everytime I interacted with the man,I was left feeling wrong footed and unsure of myself. Even when he wasn't summing up your worth with a single dismissive glance,his very presence was enough to make anyone feel inferior. I felt it then as I stood in my dirty bedraggled clothing."James?"A feminine voice gasped, interrupting the Inquisition."Hel
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Chloe - The Black House"You did what?!" Mother bellowed. Her face turned purple with rage and indignation. I cowered back from her anger, unable to believe my mother can show any emotion towards anything that didn't involve the latest fashion trend or her high class parties."He has been ignoring me mother." I tried again to explain my reasoning to her."He has been busy! He is the most eligible bachelor in this country and you want to dump him because he doesn't have time to go to fittings with you?!""I didn't dump him. I just want him to give me more time. That's not too much to ask is it?""No baby girl. It isn't. But you need to understand that he is a very important member of society and as such his time is very limited. He needs to prioritize....."And I wasn't worthy of making his list of priorities? I screamed or growled, I wasn't certain which and ran to my room. The door made a loud thwack as it collided with the frame heavily.
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Miles.I was a distracted mess when Kyle finally showed up several minutes later. I'd managed to hide the evidence in my gym bag but I hadn't done much else. Kyle was full of apologies for making me wait. I waved him off. It wasn't out of the realm of possibility that Blade had delayed him so he could shatter whatever illusions about my uncle that I haboured"Miles? You okay?"Kyle murmured,his forehead creasing in concern."Nothing dude. I'm fine." Everything's just dandy."Ok. Now I know something's wrong." Kyle grated out,dropping his dumbbells on the floor carelessly. I was startled at the sound the dumbbells made. I looked up to find myself on the end of Kyle's glare.He pointed at me accusingly. "You are hiding something from me. Spill it. Now" How the heck was I supposed to tell him that I'd been ordered to kill my uncle? I couldn't even tell Dad. Oh shit. Dad. I couldn't go to Dad. Three of his closest friends had died in the
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MILESDude was so weird. Any reasonable person would have sent an actual address.I entered the coordinates into my phone and turned on the gps location. I drove for some minutes before the blue indicator stopped moving. That meant I'd gotten to my location. My location turned out to be a heavily wooded area with paved roads big enough for two people to walk through at once. This would be a perfect spot for a run or cycling.I made a mental note to drag Kyle out here in the nearest future.I huffed as I felt my mood going sour.I wasn't certain that I would have much of a future. I couldn't renege on the case after I'd come so far. To refuse to complete a mission after accepting it meant death.I couldn't kill James either. Regardless of what James had done, he was still family.My passenger door opened and Blade fitted his large body into it. I hadn't seen or heard any movement.That was Blade though. You would never see or he
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