Chapter 1
I pretended to be my sister and looked after her blind fiancé for a hefty sum of five hundred grand.
When he finally regained his sight, I vanished without a word.
Fate brought us together again at a press conference.
I was just a nobody journalist, and he had risen to power in the wealthy Sinclair family.
“We heard your fiancée took great care of you when you were sick. Can we expect a wedding soon?”
He smirked and flashed his engagement ring on camera. “Real soon.”
As he spoke, I was the only one who noticed his gaze drifting towards me every now and then…
營營營
Before the conference started, everyone at the venue was talking to each other.
“The guy we’re interviewing today used to be in charge of the Sinclair family.”
“I heard he went blind five years ago and got kicked out of the family. If it wasn’t for his fiancée taking care of him, he would have died.”
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I sat there, trying to smile while digging my nails into my palms.
Then Otis Turner, my senior at work, turned around.
“Hazel, can you get me some water?”
As I walked towards the water dispenser by the door, it suddenly swung open.
And there he was, someone I knew so well. Adrian Sinclair.
In just three years, he had completely transformed.
He was taller, stronger, and looked more mature.
His once clear and bright eyes now seemed distant.
“Excuse me,” he said flatly, glancing at me as if I were a
stranger.
He walked onto the stage with a group of bodyguards. surrounding him.
As he passed by me, a familiar woody scent filled the air.
I stood there frozen for a few seconds before snapping back to reality.
When I was with Adrian for those two years, he was going through a rough time.
He was kicked out of the Sinclair family and went blind in a car accident, so he didn’t know what I looked like.
Ireturned with the water. The interview had already started.
Adrian sat on the stage, calmly answering questions
Suddenly, the
Rachel Parker strolled
next to the stage swung op.
‚ flashing Adrian a smile and saying, “Sorry, Adrian Gorhold up by some drama with the crow.” She playfully Efted her atonning champagne–colored dress and plopped down beside him. The room want silent for a beat, but their cloisteraction instantly brought the atmosphere to life
Oris hold his glass of water, mosling a sidelong glance at me as if he had stumbled upon some earth–shattering secret. Hazel, I can’t help but notice you and Rachel kinda look alike.
I mustered a forced grin and shot back, “Come on, now. She’r a mega–star. You’re just flattering me.”
But, truth be told, One wasn’t far off. Rachel and I looked alte because we were water.
