The-Wrong-Bride-Ares--Raven’s-story-(Maura,-Catharina)_bibis

when she knows how many of my modeling contracts depend on my public image?
“Where does it end, Hannah? Do you have any idea how damaging this is to my career? My
business?”
She smiles at me. “It won’t end until you return everything you took from me. Even if Ares and I
can’t make it work, I still won’t let you have anything that belongs to me.”
I bury my hands in my hair and inhale shakily. “He’s always been mine, from the very start. Even
if he wasn’t, it’s me he loves. Then and now.”
She shakes her head. “I can fix that. I did it once before, didn’t I?”
I sink down to the floor, anxiety clawing at me. Yeah, she has done this before. The deception, the
lies. Is this all that awaits me? She’s going to continue chipping away at everything I have, everything
I am.
I try my hardest to breathe in, but my lungs are burning. Panic slowly starts to overwhelm me, and
I give in to it.
“Cupcake!” Ares shouts. He kneels down beside me and wraps his arms around me as the first
sob escapes my throat.
I throw my arms around his neck and fall apart. “I… I c-can’t do this, Ares. I can’t l-live like this.
I can’t… I can’t keep doing this.”
He cups the back of my head and rubs my back. “You won’t have to. I’ll fix this, I swear it. I’ll fix
it, baby.”
“You can’t.” My voice breaks. With a child between them, I’ll never escape her. She won’t stop
until she gets what she wants, and I can’t withstand much more.