Chapter 47 The Weight of the Crown
CHAPTER 47: The Weight of the Crown
Vera
The door clicked shut behind Chauncey, leaving me alone with Lily. I gathered her closer, my heart aching because of the stress she had gone through at my expense, as her shoulders shook with her silent sobs.
Even as the needle pricked my skin, and I ach...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Fix You
2. Chapter 2 The Problem
3. Chapter 3 It wasn’t a wall
4. Chapter 4 She has value, and I intend to use it
5. Chapter 5 I want you to marry me
6. Chapter 6 It's mine
7. Chapter 7 The price
8. Chapter 8 I bleed either way
9. Chapter 9 A sister's vow
10. Chapter 10 Cold feet
11. Chapter 11 Collateral
12. Chapter 12 The art of becoming
13. Chapter 13 He struck gold
14. Chapter 14 Better than expected
15. Chapter 15 Husband and wife
16. Chapter 16 Honeymoon decorations
17. Chapter 17 Burned out
18. Chapter 18 Why's everyone hung up on a honeymoon?
19. Chapter 19 A bomb and a marriage
20. Chapter 20 Did I just grab his…?
21. Chapter 21 Lily
22. Chapter 22 Bed her, get it over with
23. Chapter 23 The man in the hallway
24. Chapter 24 Cosa mia
25. Chapter 25 Fit for Mrs Rutherford
26. Chapter 26 A Lesson on Power
27. Chapter 27 Fitting in
28. Chapter 28 The Price of Silence
29. Chapter 29 The rooftop
30. Chapter 30 The Taste of Desperation
31. Chapter 31 Give him what he wants
32. Chapter 32 The Lion’s Den
33. Chapter 33 What he can do
34. Chapter 34 Ruins of the past
35. Chapter 35 Memory unlocked
36. Chapter 36 Which wife's interest?
37. Chapter 37 Espresso
38. Chapter 38 Dead ringer for Simone
39. Chapter 39 Clearing for the storm
40. Chapter 40 And the bough broke
41. Chapter 41 Pound of flesh
42. Chapter 42 Passed out
43. Chapter 43 A surprise guest
44. Chapter 44 A gilded cage
45. Chapter 45 After the storm had passed
46. Chapter 46 I intend to play God
47. Chapter 47 The Weight of the Crown
48. Chapter 48 The Price of a Lie
49. Chapter 49 If you love me…
50. Chapter 50 Bluffing
51. Chapter 51 Claudia
52. Chapter 52 A dream of desire
53. Chapter 53 At what cost?
54. Chapter 54 The price of your skin
55. Chapter 55 Silas got himself a mouse
56. Chapter 56 The one pointing the finger
57. Chapter 57 A house full of ghosts
58. Chapter 58 The Belvedere
59. Chapter 59 An invitation to the gala
60. Chapter 60 The reason why
61. Chapter 61 I'm a Rutherford afterall
62. Chapter 62 She'd be in a jumpsuit, not wearing diamonds
63. Chapter 63 Keep him happy
64. Chapter 64 The Rubicon
65. Chapter 65 Surrender
66. Chapter 66 The Vera from my dreams
67. Chapter 67 Who you belong to
68. Chapter 68 Late-night commotions
69. Chapter 69 Some of us still have dignity
70. Chapter 70 She'll take your entire life
71. Chapter 71 Pulling strings
72. Chapter 72 The sound of us
73. Chapter 73 What if...
74. Chapter 74 The heir's mother
75. Chapter 75 Bewitched
76. Chapter 76 The scent of lilies
77. Chapter 77 The taste of rejection
78. Chapter 78 Who is it?
79. Chapter 79 Who's the father?
80. Chapter 80 Fragments of La Notte
81. Chapter 81 Midnight Teal
82. Chapter 82 Vintage wine then tapwater
83. Chapter 83 The past and the present
84. Chapter 84 Men like you
85. Chapter 85 The highest bidder
86. Chapter 86 The Claim
87. Chapter 87 It was me
88. Chapter 88 Scripted by a demon
89. Chapter 89 Do not poke the bear
90. Chapter 90 Neither heat nor desire
91. Chapter 91 I've got you
92. Chapter 92 Wholly
93. Chapter 93 Tainted with her tears
94. Chapter 94 Love like that
95. Chapter 95 Cobwebs in closets
96. Chapter 96 Through the garden
97. Chapter 97 She liked him
98. Chapter 98 Claudia’s plight
99. Chapter 99 Art exhibition
100. Chapter 100 Bingo
101. Chapter 101 Damien’s rage
102. Chapter 102 History repeating
103. Chapter 103 A father's vow
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