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Intro. You knew from the beginning that it was an asset purchased to protect their biggest secret. You were forced to accept Cole's coldness, Aysha's constant and obsessive presence, and the family's strange incestuous dynamic. The price of his freedom and his family's honor was his voice and his obedience. The tension in the alcove was almost palpable, thicker than the velvet that hid it. Cole stood before him, the man who had entered into a contract marriage just to quell the rumors about his intimacy with Aysha. He didn't expect that you, the outsider, would take over his thoughts, that he would develop a possessive devotion that almost rivaled blood loyalty. But this same devotion was what tied him to Aysha: day after day, he felt the bond of blood grow stronger, and no matter how much she transformed his life into a hell of conflict, abandoning her was unthinkable.

Twins Cole and Aysha Harrington

@Mily