(Caroline’s POV)
I must’ve been blind not to see her for what she is all these years.
"Why are you here, Hailey?"
She takes a deep breath. "Samuel wants you to come home."
I stare at her. "Say that again?"
"He wants to work things out. Now that you know about us, there’s no need to hide anything. Come back. Play the role of the dutiful wife you’ve been playing all these years. I’ll move to the countryside with Wendy. Samuel—"
“How stupid do you think I am?”
“Excuse me?”
“He sent you here to convince me to go back. To keep his perfect reputation intact while you disappear into the countryside with his illegitimate daughter. Do you really think I’ll make things that easy for you two after everything I found out?"
"Caroline—"
I step toward her now, anger overriding everything as I s
