I Married The Same Man As My Best Friend Chapter 04

I Married The Same Man As My Best Friend Chapter 04

Then his eyes went cold again.

Angrier than before.

“Elise, you faked this? Just to make me look guilty?”

He snatched the shoe from my hand, crossed to the window, and threw it as hard as he could into the lake.

Plunk.

The water swallowed the last thing I had left of her.

“Don’t ever mention that shoe again. Don’t mention Lily.”

He turned around, his face twisted like an animal’s.

“If you say one wrong word at tomorrow’s gala, your parents will have a ‘sudden accident’ in their nursing home.”

He slammed the door.

I heard him tell security to lock me in.

He was scared.

Not guilty. Just scared of getting caught.

I waited until his footsteps faded. Then I stood up and walked to the mirror.

I opened the dress box.

Inside was a white satin gown.

Pure white. Like a gift from an angel.

Julian thought locking me in would lock up the truth.

But Harrison moved faster than he expected.

My phone buzzed.

Encrypted message: [Tomorrow, ‘Dorian’ will come back to Sterling. The double identity story will go public at the same time. Elise—are you ready to tear off his mask yourself?]

I looked at the message.

Then I looked at my reflection.

I reached for the red lipstick.

Julian, you played two parts and took two women.

What happens when both Julian and Dorian show up at the same party?

What happens when the whole world finds out you’re not just a fraud… but a murderer?

I painted my lips slowly and carefully.

Lily, don’t worry.

Mommy’s coming to find you soon.

But first… I’m going to make that bastard run back every single one of those ninety-nine laps.

In front of everyone.