Chapter 27

"Hailey Rainer!" Nora had come upstairs with a glass of warm milk for Terence when she saw Hailey forcing herself on him. She saw red and charged over to pull them apart, slapping Hailey for good measure. "What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind?" Terence ducked behind Nora before wiping his lips, looking disgusted. The sight of that stabbed Hailey in the heart. "I'm perfectly sane! Terence was going to be my husband again—why did you turn him into my brother?" She looked crazed as she screamed and shouted, no longer her usual calm and composed self. "I was so close! I just needed to work a little harder for us to reconcile! Why did you have to do this to me?" She fell to her knees and pounded her fists on the floor. Nora watched her icily and was about to say something when Terence spoke up. "I never even considered reconciling with you, Hailey." She burst into tears. "But you gave me a chance. I love you so much…" "The chance was a fake one. I wanted to give you hop