The Forsaken Heiress: Becoming The Enemy’s Bride
Adopted into a wealthy family at a young age, Axelle always believed she had finally found the love and security she longed for. But behind the lavish dinners and polite smiles, dark secrets festered, and Axelle soon learned the hard way that blood may be thicker than water, but it can also be deadlier. When she catches her husband—the man she trusted with her heart—in bed with her sister, Axelle’s world shatters. Her heartbreak deepens as she realizes that this betrayal is only the tip of the iceberg. The family she sacrificed everything for has set her up to take the fall for their crimes, using her as a pawn in a game she never asked to play. But Axelle is no longer the naive girl who once craved acceptance. With nothing left to lose, she turns to the last person anyone would expect—her family's most dangerous enemy.
CHAPTER 7
AXELLE
I haven't heard a single sound from the bathroom, not even the faintest echo of a footstep or a murmur. It had been more than an hour since I sent that desperate message to Miles, and still, there was no sign of him.
I couldn't really blame him, though. Gaining access to this place was practically an impossible task, and I knew it.
I had been banging on the door for so long that the skin on my palms had started to blister and peel, each strike against the hard surface becoming more painful than the last.
Eventually, exhaustion overtook my strength, and I slumped down onto the cold, unforgiving tiles, defeated.
My back pressed against the wall, and I let out a long, weary sigh, resigning myself to the reality that I might be stuck here until Adan decided to unlock the bathroom door, if he ever did.
Time seemed to drag on slowly until I heard it—the soft, almost imperceptible sound of a lock clicking open.