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❝𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝-
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.
𝐒𝐡𝐞. 𝐈𝐬. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞❞

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𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Eight years ago, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 vanished.

She left behind nothing-no goodbye, no trace, no body. Just a ghost of a woman 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐳 once loved-a woman who no longer exists and a love that rotted inside him like a disease.

Now, he's found someone else.

She's 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 - a woman with a new name, a new life, and a wedding ring on her finger.

Except she has Everette's face. Everette's voice. Everette's goddamn eyes - the one in which he had drowned for her. Everette's mouth-the same one he used to kiss, the same one that used to whisper his name in the dark.

She swears she isn't her.
She swears she doesn't know him.
She swears she's never heard the name Everette Sinclair.
She swears he's mistaken.

But for Rafael, she's lying.

For Rafael he knows his woman.
Knows the way she gasps when he touches her.
Knows the way her body betrays her when he gets too close.
Knows that no matter what name she wears, she still belongs to him.

She can run. She can fight.She can scre