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Larissa's POV ‘Fine’. I’ll do it. My text read. I had barely set my phone down on the table when it buzzed with a reply from Brayden.‘My driver will pick you up at 7 am sharp. Be ready’. His text read.No pleasantries. No acknowledgment of the life-changing decision I’d just made. Typical Brayden.I laid down in bed for a while – hours probably – before getting the strength to go get up and head into the bathroom. In the two days that I’d spent sobbing my eyes out in my apartment, I’d neglected all forms of personal hygiene. I stunk to high heaven and I needed a shower as soon as possible.I looked at my image in the mirror. I looked terrible. My eyes were red and swollen from the time I spent crying. My hair was tangled, greasy and limp; combing out all the knots was going to hurt a lot.I looked like shit and I felt – and probably smelt – like it too. A sighed and headed stepped into the shower. I turned on the shower, brushing my teeth as I let the bathroom fill with steam before
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Larissa's POV I’d always imagined myself as eventually being Larissa Patterson. It was just that the man in my daydreams had been Benjamin and not Brayden.Brayden stretched out his hand for a handshake to seal the deal. I put my hands in his.His arm clasped around mine – it was cold and smooth and I was immediately reminded of those movies where the foolish main character would make a deal with the devil. In my head, this felt like that. I just hoped that it wouldn’t actually be like that.Brayden frowned and turned my hand over in his. He stared at the half-moon scars on my palm and then back at me. “What are those?” He asked.“Nothing.” I said quickly, withdrawing my hand.Brayden shrugged and collected the signed document from me. “I’ll send this signed version to your inbox so you can have a copy for reference purposes. Memorize these rules; you live by them for the duration of our marriage.” He said straighten the thin folder.Then he pointed at the thicker one. “I’ll also sen
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Larissa's POV The drive back to my apartment passed by in a blur. As I stepped into my apartment, my phone buzzed with a text. I fished out my phone from my handbag to see a text from Brayden. He'd sent an image - a bag of marshmallows. It seemed he was very serious about setting my stuff on fire. I scoffed. My soon-to-be husband was a dick.I spent the entire morning sifting through my stuff trying to decide what to take with me. I had to carefully select things that were up to his royal majesty Brayden's exquisite taste.To my great embarrassment, I realized that a lot of my belongings weren't up to Brayden's standard. I'd have to leave them behind or risk having them meet a fiery end.I grabbed a suitcase and moved mechanically, folding clothes and packing essentials into neat piles. A few personal items — framed photos, a notebook, and my favorite mug — went into a duffel bag. Everything felt surreal. This apartment had been my refuge, my sanctuary, but now I was leav
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Larissa's POVOne of the staff took me around the house, showing me the various possible guest rooms that I'd be spending the next two years of my life in. After looking at them, I finally settled for the one overlooking the garden. If I was going to be shackled to Brayden, I might as well have the luxury of waking up to a breathtaking view every morning.As I didn't have many things with me to begin with, unpacking didn't take long. I was done in thirty minutes. I sat cross-legged on my bed in the new room, staring at my now-empty suitcase.My clothes had been nearly arranged in the spacious closet — taking up only about a tenth of the space — and my toiletries were lined up in the marble bathroom. Despite the lavish decor — the soft grey walls, the plush bedding, the expensive light fixtures — it still felt sterile.Like it was never mine and it never would be. This was Brayden and Benjamin's word — a world of cold opulence and control. I didn't belong here.A sharp knock on my door
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Brayden's POVThe knock on my study door came in just as I was reviewing some of the final details for the wedding."Come in." I said without looking up.The door opened, and someone stepped in. Two things made me know that it was Larissa without having to look up.One, I had sent for her ages ago. Two, she always smelt… sugary. Like a blend of marshmallows, vanilla and caramel. It was both intoxicating and distracting.“You're late.” I said. “I sent for you ages ago.”“I know.” She replied and I could almost hear the eye roll in her words. “But your stupid house is too big and I kept getting lost in the hallway. One of the housekeepers found me and brought me here.”“You'll need a tour of the place. Can't have my wife getting lost in her own house.”Even as the words left my mouth, they still felt odd. A little while longer and Larissa and I would be husband and wife. I barely knew her. Hell, I barely even liked her. And I knew she felt the same way.But the other option was to leave
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Brayden's POVWhen Larissa had said she wasn’t going to fight me every step of the way, she had lied to my face.In the two days that had passed between our discussion and the preparation for the wedding, she had walked around like someone being carried off to the gallows rather than someone about to enter a mutually beneficial deal.A part of me couldn’t blame her – she had only recently just ended a relationship with one Patterson brother and was about to jump headfirst into a marriage with another one. But still, she really needn’t act as if it was the end of her life. To her credit, she toned the sass down and didn’t actively fight me as I made arrangements for the wedding. But she made her discomfort and reluctance visible, knowingly or unknowingly.Her most vocal moment had been at the florist. When Larissa had announced at the florist shop that she wanted to see their selection of yellow carnations for her bouquet, all the staff at the florist shop had balked as if they had jus
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Larissa's POVFor me, the entire wedding went by in a blur. Every moment of the wedding had felt surreal, as if I was having an out of body experience – watching someone else stand in that courthouse, wearing the elegant white dress, saying, ‘I do’ to a man I barely knew and I could barely tolerate.The memory of the ceremony replayed in my mind on an endless loop.Walking down the aisle, the veil obscuring my view had been a chore. The dress was long enough to cover my ankle monitor but that also meant that it had been a tripping hazard. My steps had been slow, measured, and lonely. I had no one to guide me, no one waiting at the end of the aisle who truly cared.Having to stand in a room without any of my friends or family members had been hollow. I still didn’t regret my decision to not invite, or even inform, anyone of them about the wedding. They all believed me to be a murderer anyway. Brayden had invited people that he knew for the ceremony but there was no warmth in any of the
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Larissa's POV Time went by in a blur. Most of the time, Brayden and I barely saw each other; whether he was purposely avoiding me or he was just too busy with work, I didn’t know and honestly, I’m not sure that I even cared. Clause Three of our contract very clearly stated that neither of us would interfere in the personal or professional life of the other unless agreed upon.So I spent my time mostly cooped up in my room. And I mostly stayed in there until I heard a knock at my door.“Come on.” I answered, sitting up on the bed.“Morning, Mrs. Patterson.” Brayden greeted stepping into the room.I slumped back into the mattress and groaned into the pillow. “Don’t start.” I muttered.I felt the bed dip with his weight. “I see someone’s still adjusting to married life.” He said. “Tell me, Larissa, what is it like being married to business mogul, Brayden Patterson?”“Well, we don’t see each other often which might either be because his house is like a fucking maze or he is purposely goi
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Larissa's POV The next time I saw Brayden, he was back in formal wear. It was the next morning when I trudged into the kitchen looking for something to eat.A crisp white dress shirt, polished shoes, tailored navy slacks with the matching suit jacket hanging off one of the chairs in the kitchen – the picture of effortless sophistication.And he wasn’t alone.Gwen stood in front of him, her hands expertly working on the fabric of the tie, looping it into an intricate knot. She looked like she had stepped straight out of the 70s dressed in a sunflower print pinafore mini dress and white gogo boots. Gwen was chattering animatedly as she worked on his tie. Brayden responded with quiet grunts and hums and he stared down at her.I stopped short in the doorway not sure if I should step in or just head back upstairs. There was something about this scene that made me feel like I didn’t belong here. There was a sort of easy camaraderie between the two of them.Brayden was the first to notice m
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Larissa's POV I woke up to sunlight streaming in through the windows, cutting through the heavy curtains I had pulled back while I had sat by the window watching and waiting for Brayden to get back home. I didn’t even remember falling asleep.I turned over, squinting at the clock on the nightstand.2:27 PM. I had slept through the entire morning.Thanks to the painkillers I had taken earlier, I no longer had a headache. But the guilt was understandably still there. I shut my eyes. I had wanted to fix things. I had wanted to try. But he had been so distant with me. He wanted nothing to do with me and I couldn’t blame him.I wanted to check my phone to see if I had gotten any texts from him – though I doubted it – but I stopped at the last moment. Turning on my phone’s screen meant having to come face-to-face with Brayden’s image as my new wallpaper. I couldn’t bring myself to look at it, and I couldn’t bring myself to change it either because that would mean having to look at it, even
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Larissa's POV The car pulled up to the estate and passed through the golden gates.The first few times I had been here, I had felt dread at the sheer uncertainty of where my life was headed. Over time, the dread had faded away to an acceptance of my situation. Now that dread was back but for a different reason.I had spent the morning convinced Brayden had done something unforgivable. But the only unforgivable thing had been my accusation. He had done nothing. And now, I had to face him knowing that.The driver killed the engine and turned to me. “We’ve arrived, ma’am.”“Thank you.” I said my voice barely above a whisper. I slid out of the car, the slight sway of my feet reminding me that I was still very hungover. I made my way into the house feeling every bit like a prisoner on death row.The air inside felt colder than when I had left. The living room was empty. The kitchen was empty. Even the dogs, who were usually in a corner trying futilely to get me to pet them, were nowhere
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Larissa's POV I stood there, motionless, staring at the empty kitchen doorway Brayden had just walked through. The silence in the kitchen was deafening, the only sound was the faint hum of the refrigerator and the ticking of the clock on the wall. The smell of burnt eggs and Brayden’s cologne hung heavy in the air.This wasn’t how I expected this confrontation to go. I should have felt justified. I should have felt right. Instead, all I felt was… unsettled.I don’t know how long I stood there, staring at nothing. Then a surge of anger shot through me. I shouldn’t be the one standing here feeling bad. Brayden had been the one who had done something to me, why did he get to walk out as if he was the victim here?I needed to do something. I needed to leave, not just the kitchen but the estate. I didn’t care what our agreement was. There was no way I was staying here after what had happened.I made my way out of the kitchen, up the stairs, and through the corridor. My hand was on the doo
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Larissa’s POVI woke up feeling like absolute shit. My mouth was dry, my limbs were heavy, and my head throbbed continuously like I’d banged it against the wall a hundred times. At least the curtains were drawn so I didn’t have to deal with the blinding sunlight.I groaned, pressing the heels of my hands against my eyes before slowly sitting up. The room spun and it took everything for me not to lie back down on the bed.Flashes of last night flickered in my mind. I tried to piece everything together but it was like trying to grab smoke and mold it into something tangible and solid. All I had were disjointed fragments. Londyn demanded that Brayden and I kiss to prove our relationship. Benjamin confronts me on the way back from the bathroom. Brayden’s dogs trying to greet me when we got back home. And then… nothing.I did remember that I had planned to avoid drinking at the company’s quarterly dinner because I wanted to have my wits about me throughout the event and I remember sticking
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Brayden's POV“Horrible.” I answered. “When his mum got married to my dad, I wanted to like Benjamin, I really did. But he was a spoiled brat. And Tiffany didn’t make matters any better. She was a great mum, don’t get me wrong. And I was lucky that my dad didn’t get married to someone who turned out to be cruel to me simply because I wasn’t her biological son. But Benjamin…“Most of my friends were my age, so we were all older than him and left to them, they would have left him out of our games and teased him mercilessly. But Tiffany made it very clear to me that Benjamin was my baby brother and that it was my duty to protect him. I didn’t have a problem with that at first. I did more than protect him. I loved him, I stood up for him, I took the fall for him, I cleaned up his messes. Many times; too many times.“Then Benjamin started to act out. It went from little things like him breaking the chinaware and asking me to take the fall for him to him setting the entire west wing of the
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Brayden's POVMy wife was a lightweight.I’d suspected it after she’d finished her second drink but by the time she was halfway through her third, it became painfully obvious. Larissa was drunk.Not tipsy. Not pleasantly buzzed. Drunk.The scene before me looked like a Renaissance painting come to life – soft, flushed, and utterly unconcerned with the world around her. She was sprawled on the couch, one leg tucked beneath her, her hair now free from all the pins that held it up. She held her glass loosely, swirling the whiskey in the crystal glass, oohing and aahing at how the light caught in the amber liquid.The most surprising aspect of all this, however, was the brothers who hadn’t left her side in the past hour. Pluto had his massive head resting on her lap, his tail thumping lazily against the carpet beneath him. Jupiter was content with just sitting beside her, letting her free hand stroke his fur. And Neptune, unwilling to let himself be left out of Larissa’s affection, was le
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Brayden's POVIt was a little past midnight when Larissa and I got back home. All throughout the drive home, Larissa was oddly quiet, alternating between staring out the window and tapping away on her phone. I didn’t press her for conversation. Tonight had been a lot and I understood her silence. Dinner hadn’t particularly been fun for her all because of Benjamin.Benjamin was dangerous.Not because he was drunk and reckless, but because he enjoyed pushing people’s limits. He had sat there, sipping his champagne, and watching Larissa like a predator waiting for any sign of weakness to strike. And I had no doubt that tonight was just the beginning.Neither of us spoke as we walked up the marble steps and through the massive front doors. Inside, the house was quiet, save for the faint ticking of a grandfather clock in the entryway. Larissa exhaled softly, slipping off her heels and setting them neatly by the door. Without a word, she walked into the living room and sank into the couch.
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Larissa's POV I could feel the awkwardness when Brayden and I walked back into the dinner. It wrapped around me like a heavy, uncomfortable blanket. The hum of conversation and the glittering chandeliers felt suffocating now, and I struggled to keep my face neutral. My dress was suddenly too tight and the air was suddenly too hot. I wanted to bolt. And I would have, too, if not for Brayden’s steady grip at my side.Brayden’s hand rested lightly on the small of my back, a silent reassurance as he led me to our table. The long elegant table was already filled with various members of the Patterson family, their polished appearance and saccharine smiles a perfect match for the opulent setting.My eyes immediately landed on Londyn and Benjamin. They were seated together, bodies angled away from each other. Both of them scowled at Brayden and me as we walked in.“I’m sure you’ve all heard the news; I’m married.” Brayden announced. “This is my wife, Larissa.”His dad, Richard Patterson, rai
