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Patrick's POVI set my phone down, my mind reeling. Sophia's message had not been a threat, but a warning. And I knew one thing about Sophia: she never uttered anything she did not mean.I took a deep breath, my fingers wrapping around the edge of the table. The Miami sunlight glinted off the silverware, but I was not in the mood to notice the view. My appetite had left.What was the wrong decision?Did she never intend on marrying Becky? Was it always Giselle from the start? Or was something more in the works?I was too confused, and too short on answers.A Familiar Face in MiamiI had bought lunch and stepped out of the restaurant into the sweltering Miami heat, settling on my sunglasses. My mother had headed off to her hotel, so I had a little respite from her badgering.I needed a drink, a strategy—a cover-up to explain this disaster.But I hadn't time to react when I caught sight of someone on the street.Victor.He stood by a black SUV, arms folded, sneer on his lips. He was acc
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Giselle's POVI sat and watched Patrick grab hold of Victor and drag him off the dance floor, and I let out a breath, unclenching some of the tension in my chest. But I was shrewd enough to know that I wasn't yet safe.Victor was in Miami, and that didn't bode well. I needed to move on before he came for me again.My racing heart pounding within my ears, I ran off the dance floor, amidst the sharply attired witnesses, who looked upwards above as they raised cameras high to flash and grumbled in fearful distress. I must disappear.There was a hallway that led to the private lounges and I entered, quiet tapping of heels on marble floor. Another step or so, and I would be able to breathe.But just as I was about to turn away, a shrill squeal brought me to a halt in mid-stride."Oh my God, it's her!"I hadn't had time to think when a group of young women closed in on me, their faces lighting up with excitement."Giselle Von Howard!" one of them cried, waving her phone. "Can we have our ph
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Patrick's POVThe soothing clang of the train on the tracks was keeping me awake.I never expected to be like this—missed my flight, trapped inside a train car with my mother, and inundated with my thoughts.Victor was in Miami.Victor was in the Miss World Gala.And worst of all? Giselle saw us together.I leaned my head against the cold of the window, watching city lights flash past me. Cabin air was heavy, smothering, as if walls were shutting in on me."Patrick," my mother broke into my trance. "You've not uttered a word since we boarded."I sighed and turned to her. She had been staring at me worriedly, her flawless face creased with concern."Just tired," I grunted.She wasn't believing it. "This has nothing to do with getting on the flight, doesn't it?"I breathed in, rubbing my temple. "Victor's in Miami."My mom's face toughened. "That man's a disaster waiting to happen. What's he needing now?"That was the million-dollar question.I knew Victor needed something, at least hal
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Giselle's POVThe atmosphere was thick, heavy with foreboding. The shadow of the unsigned note still hung over us like a cloud of doom. Someone else was watching me. Someone even scarier than Victor.Nicholas sat opposite me, arms crossed, furrowed brows in intensity. Patrick leaned against the window, jaw tight as he scowled out the window into space, absorbed in thought."We need to have a good plan," Nicholas said, breaking the silence at last. "We can't just sit around and wait for them to make their move. We need to be the ones to make the first move."Patrick's eyes met mine. "Yeah. But we have to be smart about it. Victor's already made his move, but this other threat—whomever they are—is working in the background."I exhaled slowly, massaging my temples. "So what do I do? Hide out? Cancel my public engagements?"Nicholas shook his head. "No. That would be giving them the satisfaction. If they can bully you into withdrawal, they will realize that you are afraid. And that will g
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Giselle's POVThere was a sense of foreboding in the air as I stepped out of the hotel door, my stilettos clanging off the sidewalk. The click of the paparazzi cameras lit up the world in a rainbow of color. My green gown shone in the city lights, but I barely even noticed. My brain whirled in a maelstrom of fear and horror.Patrick beside me, his bodyguard ever-present within earshot, and Nicholas standing beside the car, watchful eyes scanning the distance. My bodyguards fell back behind me in a close half-circle, grim faces.Sliding into the limousine, Nicholas bent to address me. "Ready?"I was breathless. "Do I have a choice?"Patrick smiled, but tonight's customary arrogance had an overlay of something else—concern. "Just play by the rules, Gigi."An Unexpected GuestWe stepped into the hall, a beautiful space of golden chandeliers and velvet silk curtains. The Miss World evening was at full pitch—models, celebrities, and socialites mingling, laughter echoing off the high ceilin
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Giselle's POVMy lungs drew wheezing gasps as I struggled with the bindings that secured my wrists. The bite of cold metal chilled me to the bone, yet my head was too occupied with the terror screaming down my throat. Darkness churned down the chill grey walls in the faint light within the room, and the figure before me still had something in shadows.I made myself stay calm. Judge. Interpret. Survive."The one who's been watching you from the very beginning."The voice made my blood run cold. It wasn't Victor. No. This was worse than that.The woman stepped forward, and my blood froze.Amara.She wore a designer black silk dress, her dark eyes glinting with sadistic pleasure. A twisted smile played on her lips as she lounged against a table that was stacked with files—my files.I swallowed. "What in the devil are you doing here?"She moved in closer. "Did you really think Victor was your only issue, Giselle?"My stomach twisted. "You set me up."She smiled. "Oh, dear, I've done more
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Giselle's POVThe Miami streets all blurred into one as I ran, my heart beating furiously in my ears. My arm ached from the laceration I'd gotten on the broken glass, but I didn't slow down. I couldn't. Not yet.The city lights flashed before me, a stark reminder that there was life elsewhere while mine had been derailed.Patrick lied to me.That understanding socked me in the gut.Patrick. The man I'd trusted. The man I'd once—No.I bit back the spit that had welling up into my mouth. Now was not the moment to lose control.I required a plan. Immediately.The Unexpected RescueA black SUV crept up before me. My body was primed to make a run, but then the door opened and a shout released."Giselle! Get in!"My eyes widened. Nicholas.I didn't hesitate, jumping into the vehicle and barely getting the door closed as he moved away from the curb.He looked at me, his face furrowed in concern. "Jesus, Gigi. You're bleeding."I was having trouble breathing. "It's not really at the top of my
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Giselle's POVWind howled through empty Miami streets as we went deeper into the heart of the city's darkness. Nicholas sat beside me, fingers drumming a restless rhythm along the dashboard. Luca, always the puppet master of good nature, drove, smile never faltering as he steered the car through the streets cut off to us.I had too much going through my head to bother with where we were headed. Patrick's confession had been echoing in my mind like a broken record. They have my sister. His gruff, desperate tone had made me shiver.Had I misjudged him?No. I couldn't risk trusting him.I leaned my forehead against the glass, trying to drown out the storm of emotion raging through my insides.Luca’s voice broke the silence. "Alright, princess, enough brooding. We’re here."I turned my gaze to the building in front of us. It was a run-down warehouse, its metal structure rusting under the Miami humidity. A single light flickered above the entrance, casting eerie shadows on the cracked pave
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(Giselle's POV)I was wide awake. The hotel room was too quiet, too quiet for the chaos of thoughts churning in my brain. The ceiling fan creaked pointlessly above me, creating shadow performances on the cream-colored walls. I flipped onto my side, the silk sheets sticking, and stared at the bright face of my phone. No message. No call.Patrick hadn't called in days.I was predestined to be consumed by the Miss World pageant of beauty—the repetitious rehearsal runs, dress fittings, and television spots. I was the face everyone longed to see, the name on every billboard, the woman who had it all. It was all only illusion for me today, though, a sparkly diversion from hurt set on clinging.I winced and sat up, wrapping a robe around me. The door to the balcony was ajar, and the smell of sea breeze wafted in. I went out barefoot, arms wrapped around myself as cold tiles tiptoed acros
THE CEO'S SECRET WIFE WHISPERS IN THE MIRROR
(Giselle's POV)I was wide awake. The hotel room was too quiet, too quiet for the chaos of thoughts churning in my brain. The ceiling fan creaked pointlessly above me, creating shadow performances on the cream-colored walls. I flipped onto my side, the silk sheets sticking, and stared at the bright face of my phone. No message. No call.Patrick hadn't called in days.I was predestined to be consumed by the Miss World pageant of beauty—the repetitious rehearsal runs, dress fittings, and television spots. I was the face everyone longed to see, the name on every billboard, the woman who had it all. It was all only illusion for me today, though, a sparkly diversion from hurt set on clinging.I winced and sat up, wrapping a robe around me. The door to the balcony was ajar, and the smell of sea breeze wafted in. I went out barefoot, arms wrapped around myself as cold tiles tiptoed across my toes. Miami city lights glowed far away, a city of dreams and deception."Why are you doing this, Pat
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(Patrick's POV)Sunlight fought with the thick cream curtains over the hotel window. I leaned against the window, phone and coffee in hand. Nothing. No call. No missed call. Still nothing from Giselle. The silence shattered as oppressive as ever, weighing on my chest like a boulder.Becky slept on the couch in the living room. She had insisted on being near me, but I had not been talkative with her. I had not been capable of fighting or of explaining. My mind was with Giselle—her vanishing, uncertainty, question marks that fill every moment of consciousness.I flipped through my album, where I stopped on a picture of Giselle taken at her last public appearance. She had worn that stunning blue dress, the one that shimmered as moonlight on rippling water. I remembered her laughter that evening, how it stayed in my head even when the paparazzi had stopped snapping pictures.A knock at the door broke my concentration. I opened it to Clara, my assistant, who stood in the doorway with a fol
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(Patrick's POV)The sun dipped low as I stood by the balcony door of the hotel suite, a wind in Miami's air brushing my face with whispers of destiny. I barely slept in the last two nights, and Giselle's silence was becoming too deafening. I checked my phone again, trying hard to call hers. Still busy.Becky had been quiet all morning. Too quiet. And I was too distracted to realize it. I just needed to hear Giselle, see her, know that she was alive."Patrick," my mother had tried to say a little while ago, trying to deflect the subject, "Becky's issue. she needs your help.""She needs my help because she fell trying to get my phone," I had answered, my voice colder than I intended it to be.Becky hadn't spoken to me since. And I hadn't spoken to her. I couldn't pretend, not with everything unraveling inside me.My ringing phone jolted me out of sleep. It was Debbie."Hey, Debbie," I said, already sensing the panic in her voice."Patrick, please. I need you to drive me to the contestan
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Giselle's POVMy silence and Patrick's lingered behind us once we'd spoken. Not the type that creeps up and skinnies and tickles with anxiety, but instead a dense variety, filled by both parties and left untouched due to neither wishing to add any more bulk into the world. I had plopped on the couch, wrapped my legs tightly into my center, soft light from the lamp in the room casting limp shadow on the ceiling.He hadn't pushed. He hadn't insisted. That alone was reassuring and unnerving. Patrick was the one who always stepped back when I stepped back, and for some reason that always made me feel safer with him. But tonight I had wished he would have insisted—wished he would have pushed me to tell him everything I had kept locked inside.Because the truth was choking me.Victor had called me again.I didn't reply. I couldn't. His final message he ever sent just lingered in my inbox, unread: "You'll never be safe without me."He was right, at least—everything had felt unreal. Because I
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Patrick's POVThe pounding waves on the beach was the raw, distant sound of the thunder. I was standing in front of the balcony of the suite, looking out over the ocean. The sky was a darker blue with an orange tint to it as the sun started to set. The peace of what I was seeing was such a contrast to the storm that raged inside of me.I had hoped that time would mend the gap between me and Giselle. But distance and silence could not remove the pain, the disillusion, or the deceptions that had built up between us. I had hoped that if I came here, if I was merely there, I could mend everything.But even then, after I'd made the reconciliation gesture, part of me was like walking on glass.I hadn't spoken to Giselle in reality since we'd talked on the beach. She'd retreated again into her silence, and this wall was there between us. One I wasn't sure I could climb.The ring of my phone reminded me of what was real. It was Grace on the phone."Patrick," her voice grated across the phone.
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Giselle's POVThe ocean breeze swept over my hotel room floor-to-ceiling sheer flowing curtains, stroking my skin with the softness of silk. I was standing at the glass, arms crossed, looking out toward the horizon where the sky was dancing with the waves. Miami was another type of wildness—noisy and restive. But I was weary of twinkly lights and further cacophony of applause.My phone went quiet once more. No calls. No texts. Patrick hadn't called or texted me since that strange message he'd sent two nights before—the one where his voice broke, like he was holding something fragile and already letting it go.I wrapped my robe more securely around me and went to the dresser. My hair smelled of vanilla and gardenias, my skin still warm from the bath I'd indulged in a little while ago. Today was meant to be peaceful, but this ache was in my breast. As if something was waking up, something was moving. and I wasn't prepared."Ma'am," one of my guards knocked on the door, entering. "Miss G
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Giselle's POVI couldn't breathe.Not because my practice corset was too tight—though it was stuck to me like a vice—because the dressing room walls kept closing in with every untexted moment, every unspoken one, every time I blinked and Patrick's face flashed before me in the darkness.He was there for me.I knew the moment he walked into the lobby. My father had eyes and ears everywhere, but even if he hadn't, I would have known. The air around me shifted. My heart shifted. My phone was in off mode when Becky called me, crying, accusingly, bewildered. I did not need the explanations. Not yet. My world had swerved too far from its axis. I had wished for silence to put it on a straight axis once more.But silence was treacherous. It betrayed things into me I did not want to know."Giselle," my assistant Sarah had called at the door. "Five minutes before last rehearsal. Ready?" "Coming," I had replied, rising from the velvet couch and regarding myself in the mirror.The woman in th
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Patrick's POVI couldn't sleep.I reclined on the hotel bed looking up at the ceiling fan, its soft whirring mingling with the hum in my head. I was in Miami but felt more distant from all I ever knew. The soft glow of the bedside lamp cast shadows with dance motions on the wall. My phone was silent, face down on the nightstand.Giselle had yet to call me back.I rolled over on my side, pulling the comforter up over my chest like it could shield me from the shame crawling all over my body. Why wasn't she answering? Why wasn't her number still open? Dozens of questions ran through my mind—had something happened to her? Or was she just. done with me?Becky's face remembered, scowling in anger when she pilfered my phone from off my person earlier. How she crumpled. The terror in the shriek she let out. The crying, the trembling of her hands laid over her belly. And I? I had taken a step back. Like a coward.I groaned and sat up straight, running my hand through my hair. I needed some air
