C26 Chapter Twenty-Six: Tangled Truths

POV: Cily

I hated keeping secrets, but here I was, knee-deep in one.

Lucas was really the last person I wanted to deceive-especially when his eyes could cut through lies like a blade.

The weight of my father's demand-that I marry Alexander-pressed on me like a thousand-pound anchor, but I couldn't let Lucas know.

He already saw me as a pawn in my father’s twisted games