Mirror Image (1998) by Danielle Steel

Author:Danielle Steel [Steel, Danielle]
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-12-19T00:40:32.187000+00:00

If nothing else, this stifling life of being bound to a man she didn't love would kill her. She knew she had to talk to Olivia about it, but there didn't seem to be much to say. They had made their deal, and pledged their vows, they had gambled, and lost. In truth, they had known nothing about each other.

"Are you coming to bed tonight? " he asked, and she jumped when she heard his voice. He was standing in the doorway to their bedroom.

She looked at him hesitantly, and then nodded, wondering if he wanted to try again, or if he just wanted her to do what he told her. In either case, she didn't like her options.

But when she went to bed a few moments later, she was surprised when he simply put his arms around her and held her.

"I don't know how to reach you, Victoria, he said sadly. "I know you're locked in there somewhere, but I can't find you." He knew he had a wife, but he hadn't met her yet, and he wondered if he ever would now.

Like Victoria, he was beginning to lose hope. They had been married for two months, which wasn't long, but it had begun to feel like forever.

"I can't find me either, Charles, " she said unhappily, and they clung to each other like flotsam in an ocean.

"Perhaps we will someday. If we wait long enough. I won't give up, you know. It took me months to believe that Susan was dead. I kept thinking they'd find her." She nodded, comforted in a way by what he said.

It would have been so much easier to love him. She wanted to, but she didn't know how, and she seemed to have lost that kind of feeling.

There was no love for him in her heart, and the worst part was he knew it.

"Don't give up on me, Charles, " she said in a small voice. "Not yet.

" Without Olivia, she felt frightened.

"I won't, " he whispered as he held her close. "I won't give up for a long, long time." He whispered into her neck, as he fell asleep, holding her, thinking that perhaps the honeymoon hadn't been quite so awful after all. Maybe eventually, things would get better. And as he held her, Victoria lay in his arms, dreaming of freedom.

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