Marrying the Wrong Twin: A Billionaire Marriage Mistake Romance by Casey Nicole

Author:Casey, Nicole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Rustin

I had hoped that the move into our own house would mend the rift between Asha and me but if anything, we seemed to grow further apart.

Before moving into the ranch-style house in the suburbs, I had at least managed to have conversations with my wife, even if they were sporadic. For two months as we searched for a house, or rather, as she did, we stayed on the estate, avoiding my father and brother to the best of our ability. Asha had seen me as a begrudging ally, an enemy of her enemy. Inevitably, we’d find each other hiding out in the library and even then, I knew she was fighting with herself, wanting to forgive me but resisting.

I’d been so sure that when we were in our own space, I’d finally break down her walls and make her see that there was a reason things had happened as they did.

But after we moved, Asha went out of her way to avoid me.

She was spending way more time at the office than she had before and when she was home, she hid in her room, often taking meals in there too.

She hired staff and suddenly, I was living in a house full of strangers, my wife included.

I’m pushing for this too hard, I told myself glumly one night as I sat in my office, looking over some of the merger paperwork. It was getting harder to concentrate those days as I realized that Asha was slipping further and further out of my grasp. We were cohabitating but our marriage was reminiscent of some Regency novel—without the happily ever after.

Perhaps the Asha I had fallen so hard for never really existed. Maybe I was smitten with the idea of her and not the woman herself. Could it be that I just pursued her to show up my brother and father?

But I knew that wasn’t true. I’d been drawn to her from the moment I’d laid eyes upon her, before I’d had any idea who she was. The chemistry we’d shared wasn’t faked and every fleeting time I caught a glimpse of her, I knew that I still wanted Asha as badly as I did the night we’d started this entire crazy ordeal.

The question was, how could I get her to come around?

Jude had some thoughts of his own.

“You need to just stay on her,” my buddy told me confidently. “Make her see that you’re not going anywhere.”

“It’s not that simple,” I groaned. “She feels betrayed.”

“Women and their damned long memories,” Jude grunted. “They can hold grudges forever.”

While I appreciated the solidarity, I also knew I had no one but myself to blame for what had happened. How would I have felt if the roles were reversed?

The stationary phone on my desk rang and I snatched it up, rubbing my eyes.

“Rustin Sphinx.”

“Rust, I need you to come to the office,” my father rasped. His tone made the hairs on my neck stand on end.

“What’s wrong?” I asked, my stomach flipping nervously. “Did something happen?”

“Hurry up.

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