Chapter 17 A New Girlfriend

I sat there frozen, the world around me fading into a blur as Richard walked in, his arm wrapped around her—Han. My step-sister.

The woman who had destroyed my life in another time, in another life. The same wicked smile played on her lips, and the sight of it made my blood run cold. How? How could this be happening? My mind struggled to grasp the reality of what I was seeing.

Richard’s gaze passed over me as if I were nothing more than a shadow, a ghost haunting the edges of his perfect life.

His expression was stern, and there was no warmth, no recognition of the woman he had once promised to love.

The words I wanted to shout, to demand answers, died in my throat. I was too shocked, too horrified to do anything but sit there, trembling in disbelief.

Han’s body was practically glued to him, her hands tracing the lines of his arm possessively, and I felt the old familiar sense of dread creeping back into my bones. This couldn’t be real. This had to be some kind of nightmare