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Chapter Eight: Spring Wedding

"I will."

His answer comes with no hesitation that it stings despite the ‘rejection’ being my suggestion.

I can understand his clarity; the outcome of our situation as 'stepsiblings' and ‘royals’ is inevitable. Yet even if we did not have those barriers to hide behind, I am certain rejection would have been the outcome; we are but a match made in hell.

“Good.”

I respond, hoping no emotion laces my voice.

“I’d like to bathe; give me space.”

He does not budge; he merely shakes his head from left to right and points to the bathroom.

Great.

I do not blame him for not trusting me; the thought of escape has not entirely left my mind.

Any other time, I would have sassed him into submitting to my demand for bathing privacy, but I can feel tears whose origin I cannot fully place threaten to flood my eyes, so before they grow noticeable, I rush to the bathroom and shut the door to lean on it as they spill.

Utterly ridiculous that I can feel this deeply over nothing, yet even my express
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dear_derya1
Ooooo i like how she takes control and makes him lose his.
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