Cruel Lies by Ella Miles

Author:Ella Miles [Miles, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-14T18:30:00+00:00

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Langston

I re-enter the church through its beaten-down wooden door. I’m soaking wet, and with each step I take inside, I leave a puddle of water behind me. I don’t feel the water, though. All I feel is the heat between Liesel and me, even though she’s standing far away at the altar with Maxwell.

I walk over to Phoenix in the second pew and sit next to her. Liesel doesn’t so much as glance my way. She’s staring intently at Maxwell like he’s the only man she sees. If a stranger walked into the church right now, they might even deduce from the sight of Maxwell and Liesel together that this is a romantic wedding where the two are so desperate to get married that they can’t even wait for her to change clothes.

All I see is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met standing in front of the devil about to sign her soul away.

“What’s happening?” Phoenix whispers next to me, staring with wide eyes as the priest starts talking again.

“They are getting married.” I curse under my breath. “And then we will get married again here.”

I don’t look at Phoenix to judge her reaction. I’m sure she has a smug expression on her face, knowing that not only did I marry her once, but I’m going to marry her again. She thinks she’s won, that she has a claim over me that Liesel will never have. And yet, I can’t stop looking at Liesel.

She will always be mine, even if she’s married to another man. She will always be mine.

“I do,” Maxwell says.

My heart feels like it’s just been hit with a hammer, exploding from two little words. I can’t imagine how it’s going to feel when she says them.

This is for the best. I can never forgive her—never love her. Getting married is necessary, for both of us.

I try to close my eyes, so I don’t have to watch Liesel pledge her life to another man, but I can’t seem to force my eyes closed. They are fixated on the tragic nightmare in front of me.

Silence stretches around the room, and I know the priest has just asked Liesel if she takes Maxwell as her husband. All that is left now is for her to answer. For her to reach into my chest cavity and pull out what’s left of my disintegrated heart.

“You know they are going to have to fuck, right?” Phoenix says.

I snap my head toward her. “What?”

“That old man will know if their marriage isn’t real. They are going to have to consummate the marriage or he’ll know. I don’t know how, but he seems to know everything. I don’t know if this will work if they don’t act like a married couple.”

“Fuck,” I curse. She’s right. I know she is. They are going to have to fuck, to pretend to be in love. And then they’ll have to do god knows what in order to get the next clue.

I glance to Phoenix. I’m going to have to do the same with Phoenix.

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