Episode5
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Chapter 5 — Clara
The next morning, Seraphina couldn't stop thinking about the photograph.
She waited until breakfast.
Alexander sat across from her, reading a newspaper.
“Who is Clara?”
His hands stopped moving.
Slowly, he lowered the newspaper.
“Where did you hear that name?”
“I saw her photograph.”
“That isn't an answer.”
Alexander's jaw tightened.
“She's dead.”
Seraphina froze.
“Oh.”
Silence filled the room.
“I didn't know.”
“You weren't supposed to.”
She looked at him.
“Was she your fiancée?”
Alexander didn't answer.
That was answer enough.
“What happened?”
“I don't discuss Clara.”
“I'm your wife.”
“Contract wife.”
His words stung.
Seraphina pushed her chair back.
“You're right.”
She stood.
“I'll stay out of your past if you stay out of mine.”
She walked away.
But something about Alexander's expression stayed in her mind.
He wasn't angry.
He was hurting.
Later that afternoon, Seraphina went shopping with Elena.
They were sitting in a café when Vivienne walked in.
Seraphina immediately recognized her.
Vivienne smiles.
“So you're Alexander's wife now.”
Seraphina looked at her.
“Apparently.”
Vivienne sat across from her without being invited.
“You should be careful.”
“With what?”
“With Alexander.”
Elena frowned.
“Why does everyone keep warning her about him?”
Vivienne leaned closer.
“Because you don't know the truth.”
Seraphina's heart raced.
“What truth?”
Vivienne smiles.
“Ask him why Clara died.”
Before Seraphina could respond, Vivienne stood and left.
Elena stared after her.
“That woman is trouble.”
Seraphina nodded.
“I know.”
That night, Seraphina returned home.
Alexander wasn't there.
She walked into his study.
She wasn't looking for anything.
At least, that was what she told herself.
Then she noticed an unlocked drawer.
Inside was a photograph.
Clara.
Alexander.
And another man.
Seraphina recognized the third person.
Damian.
Her heart began pounding.
“What are you doing?”
She spun around.
Alexander stood in the doorway.
His expression was terrifyingly calm.
Seraphina held up the photograph.
“Why is Damian in this picture?”
Alexander stared at it.
Then at her.
“Because
Damian Blake is the reason Clara is dead
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