Jolene Fontaine—the mistress that drove Meirna Stetson to Bobby Harding’s mystery twin.
I sigh for the millionth time because this isn’t what I wanted to end the year off with.
However, on the optimistic side, at least I won’t go into with people side-eyeing me for allegedly standing Bobby up. The world will see him as he truly is and I won’t be some flighty woman who decided to change her mind last second.
Meirna Stetson—a saint. The Champion of Silver Pines Senior Assist Living.
What?
Clicking on the link, it goes to a local newspaper and I quickly read the article.
Meirna Stetson, a twenty-nine-year-old from Upstate New York, has been the talk of the town this weekend, but what should be spoken about is her non-profit for loved ones who have been left behind.
Stetson has transformed Silver Pines into a beautiful senior assistant living home for war veterans and grandmothers. She has raised over four million dollars to renovate, obtain better health care and assist with the needs of seniors, and plays bingo regularly on Thursdays.
Stetson was engaged to the heir of Harding Holdings, Bobby Harding, for two years under false pretenses and big lies.
According to sources, Bronte Vasiliou met Stetson at a volunteer event in Stone Haven a few months prior to her ever speaking to Bobby Harding. The misidentification and communication led Stetson to believe it was the man she plants trees and flowers with prior.
And helped with eighteen bags of mulch.
Stetson was under the impression she was meeting the same guy. Vasiliou, the older twin brother of the Harding family, was cast out at the tender age of sixteen, never to be seen again.
Now, the CEO of the Vasiliou’s shipping company in Boston, Harding discovered Stetson’s relationship with his estranged brother.
And the rest is history.
Stetson and Vasiliou final met, got married, and live under the guise of fate-bounded lovers.
And rightly so.
There’s nothing like a hardworking woman, lured in by a villain, and rescued by the rich billionaire. Harding had cheated, lied, and convinced Stetson of their so-called past and drew her into a life with him. Stetson was due to marry Harding days before Christmas, but Mrs. Catherine Harding—the mother of the alleged serial cheater—lied to friends and family about Stetson being ill to buy herself some time.
The point—no idea.
Stetson had already married Vasiliou in a secret ceremony and was whisked away on her honeymoon. The same day, Mrs. Harding lied to the press about Stetson’s illness.
So, what’s to become of the Hardings? Should a woman who was tricked into a relationship be compensated for such deceit?
While there are no laws about lying and cheating, Stetson did what every woman wishes she could do—get even.
And, with that, I say, well done, Mrs. Vasiliou.
Well done.
“I didn’t correct the reporter when she used mylast name as yours,” Bronte’s voice cuts through the room, causing me to jolt a bit. “We haven’t discussed it.”
Nope.
You were too busy fucking me last night for me to operate at a normal level.
“Fate-bounded lovers?”I glance up at him, standing in the doorway of his bedroom with his hands shoved in his perfectly tailored suit pocket. “Is that what you’ve been doing all morning instead of spending time with me?”
“Last time,” he replies evenly. “I promise.”
I lift my phone. “What was the point of this? We’re going to be the talk of the town with this story, and I don’t want?—”
“Better this than Bobby claimingyou’rethe whore that married his brother.” He stares at me, long and hard, but with a bit of softness in his eyes. “Catherine would and was on her way to drag you through the press for making her look like a fool. Bobby isn’t going to be a victim. You’re not going to behisvictim. You already were. And, I may not have saved you completely, but I will do everything in my power to have the upper hand on the Hardings at all times. There is no universe where you’re to blame for anything.”
