Love's Greatest Secret: My Wife's Legendary Double Life

oor. She faced her father with raw panic in her voice and said, "Owen White can barely move on his own, and everyone kno

nd what the White family represents in Aresrora? If you marry into their household, th

roject crushed by competition, leaving them drowning in debt. If

rge of the Russell Group, and he refused to

amily would never have been worthy

nd with Owen's declining health, she was desperate to find him a wi

s no esc

"I've given you a comfortable life for over twenty year

urted out, "Dad, you raised Anna for twenty ye

vy's half-sister, Anna Russell, an

mother when she was thirteen, and

ting brain damage, leaving her mind

mood. "With her state, sending Anna into the

plicated? The Whites just want a Russell d

live much longer anyway. If Anna goes through with the wedding, we'll still get the invest

soning striking a ch

, but once Owen was gone, any future advanta

all, she had been stuck with a brain injury f

White family, it seemed

ew the details of the pa

done remained a secret, wi

ing when a sudden presence a

ssed in what used to be a white dress,

ged a battered rabbit doll to her chest, fixing her gaze o

t an inexplicable dread, as

s feet. "What are you doing stan

it, inching forward with downca

pped his belt free and brought it down hard. "Y

elf on the floor, arms covering her head. "Daddy! Plea

The belt kept falling, leaving angry red m

f he kept this up, Anna might be too battered to go through with the wedding. Putting on her softest tone,

nna something to eat, and make sure

k glance, the servant hurried of

ur father's just under a lot of pressure because of work. Don'

ing herself to agree. "I'll be g

, her nose wrinkling as she fann

adowy space, with nothing but a grimy mat to sle

cant eyes met hers in the gloom. "Can't you give

eaching out for Jemm

as though Anna's tou

her mask of tenderness fel

y with a steaming cup of water and two p

er with a sweet smile. "Come here,

the pills, but the moment she grasped the cup,

er tone dripped with sweetness, but her eyes glittered with cruelt

th trembling hands that turned red beneath the heat. She bit back tear

urns spread across Anna's fingers. In her mind, Anna was useful fo

ed the cup to her lips, Jemma's eyes sparkled at th

her mother had always b

thout wa