A Decade of Standing In: The True Heiress Becomes His Unreplaceable
Language: en
Ten years after I took her place, the prodigal daughter who had been off enjoying the world finally came home. She was still as carefree and whimsical as she’d been a decade ago. She handed Adrian Thorne, now a man of thirty-two, a wishing bottle filled with sand as a gift. “Every grain of sand in here,” she said, her voice breathy, “represents a day I missed you.” Adrian’s posture went rigid. Then, Livia turned to me, her chin held high with confidence. “I’m back. The stand-in can leave now.” At twenty-two, Adrian Thorne had nearly died of a broken heart when Livia left. I couldn’t help…