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Chapter 46 The Truth About Our Childhood

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“The bracelet? The one that you were very upset about?” I was shocked, seeking confirmation from the beauty standing in front of me. I couldn’t help but wonder, was it possible that Ciana was… her?

Watching Ciana prepare for her wedding to Warren was frustrating in more ways than I could list. She seemed so happy about the entire situation. Her face was beaming, and she couldn’t stop smiling.

It was almost as if she’d forgotten that none of this was real, that we were only playing our roles, and that she wouldn’t really be marrying Warren.

‘I couldn’t think of anything nice to say about seeing her in any of the wedding gowns, but the words I used to describe the gowns didn’t really reflect my opinion about her.

”

In fact, she looked beautiful in anything that she wore.

So if my stupid brother didn’t notice that in this realm or in reality, then there was truly something wrong with him.

Now, with her still wearing the dress that complimented her breasts so nicely, she had begun to tell me something that might just change everything forever.

“Well, I have a secret….” she confessed.

I tried to hide my curiosity behind my scowl. It was easy-scowling was pretty typical for me.

“Well, you see, a long time ago,” she began, sinking down to sit on the edge of the little stage in front of the mirrors, “I was chasing a beautiful white pony through the woods when I found an injured young man.”

A chill went up my spine, but I was able to hide it from her. I knew this story-very well. “And?” I asked.

She looked up at me, and I saw that my sharpness had wounded her. Not for the first time. “I will spare you all of the details, but we spent some time in the woods together. 1 helped nurse him back to health, and he got a very special flower for me, one I couldn’t access by myself. It was nice. I felt like I had a connection to him.”

I blurted out, wondering if she even knew what he was

to tell him. But it was still one of the best

it out. “As a gift.” That was a statement, because

thought maybe it would be useful to him, but if I’m honest, I also hoped it might help me find him again one day. He had on a mask the whole time, so I could see his eyes, but I never saw his face. I didn’t know if he’d recognize me

and even when he got better, he had double vision the entire time because of the extent of his injuries….

bracelet Warren is wearing, it’s like the one that your father

“I’ m positive. I would know that bracelet anywhere. I didn’t take

“So… you think Warren is this injured young man you found in the woods, and that’s what makes

believe I ever said that I love him.” She blushed a little. The temptation to argue with her, to tell her that

Maybe the young man that you gave it to

“He wouldn’t throw it away!” she said. “I guess it’s possible, but he has the

groaned and ran both hands through her hair, pulling some of it loose from where it had been tied in the back of her head. Those

she addressed me like that, it usually meant she was upset. “I’m not stupid, and I’m not infatuated with your brother. I understand that what transpired between us all of those years ago happened when we were young. We didn’t know one another well, and we were relying on one another to get

didn’t know what to say,

fade and are replaced with approximations of what truly transpired. I don’t know if the images I have in my mind

open for a second, but then I snapped it closed. It wasn’t like me to get emotional about something like that, her connection to the injured young man. I refused to comment at all because I figured anything I said would come

the distance, like she was actually looking back in time. “I have some fond childhood memories of Warren in the woods, and I will always appreciate his kindness in getting that flower for me, but thinking that I was in love with him, well, that’s just silly. Now that I look back, I was too

lips before

I saw a flicker of emotion I hadn’t ever seen in anyone’s gaze

a second, I thought I saw in her eyes that she was genuinely considering whether

think that Warren is a wonderful person. He’s kind, considerate, and caring. He’s gone out of his way to help me in ways that

to her rescue, it had been because

most certainly the good

your dresses,” I said as Brook came back over to where Ciana was now pulling herself up off of the stage. “I’m going to go get some

knew it had to have been difficult for her to open up and share such an intimate secret with me, I had to keep acting