Chapter 330

Cadence stormed into the room with anger blazing.
And as he looked at her, glaring at him, the anger soared even higher. She really thought she could fool him.
Before she could move or say anything he stalked to her, his hand shot out and fisted in her hair, yanking her head back with a savage tug. She gasped, her hands flying up to push him away, but he was already leaning in with his face twisted in fury and eyes blazing.
“You think you fooled me?” he hissed, voice low and vibrating with rage. “You really thought you could pull this off? Pretend to be someone else and walk out of here like I wouldn’t notice?”
He dropped his face toward hers, mouth hovering, breath hot and angry on her skin wanting to kiss her to vent his anger. He was about to close the distance between them when she turned away sharply and sank her teeth into the flesh of his wrist.
He grunted at the sharp pain but didn’t back off. His grip only tightened, cruel now, twisting her hair until her scalp screamed. She winced, her eyes wide with pain as he yanked her face back toward him.
“You think biting me will change the truth?” he snarled. “You think you can play these stupid games with me and I’ll let you go? That I’m that easy to fool?” His face was inches from hers, eyes burning, his wrist still bleeding where her teeth had torn skin.
“Tell me,” he spat, “what exactly was the plan? Pretend to be your own sister? Hope I’d buy it and let you slip through the cracks while everyone else did the dirty work?”
She was silent now. Frozen. Breathing hard, lips parted. Her eyes—shocked. Caught.
Cadence sneered.
” Melanie Collins —the name you fed me—she’s alive and well, back with her husband. Well i checked. And i saw her. And guess what? The police? They aren’t looking for her. They’ve filed a missing person’s report. Not for Melanie .”
His fingers twisted tighter into her hair until her back arched from the pull. “They’re looking for Melody Thomas.”
Her mouth opened. Nothing came out and he saw the shock and confusion flutter across his face. “Oh,” he said, mocking her silence. “Cat got your tongue now? Or should I say that your lies caught up with you?”
He dragged her closer until their faces nearly touched again. “You still want to claim you’re not Melody? You still want to play this game?”
Her breath hitched. The shock hadn’t faded from her face.
“You’ve gotten good at this,” he muttered darkly, voice almost bitter now. “Playing innocent and helpless. But this little show of yours? It only proved one thing.”
He leaned in, gaze locked on hers, the fury in his expression barely held in check. “That you are my Melody.”
Then, as if a sudden switch had been flipped off, his expression softened and his hair on her loosened enough to not be painful anymore as he said,”This time, you’re not escaping.”
Her body tensed in his hold, but he didn’t let go. If anything, he pulled her closer.
“You think I’ve forgotten?” he said, eyes locked on hers. “Last time… you used the only weakness I had against me. You looked me in the eye, begged me,” his jaw clenched, “and I had to let you go.”
His mouth twisted, not in amusement but in something darker. “And what did you do with that freedom? Run straight away from me? Disappear? Lie through your teeth to my face now that I have you back?”
She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off.
“Not this time.”
He leaned in, his nose brushing hers.
“You won’t be given another chance to run. The moment you’re strong enough to stand again,” he said, “we’re getting married.”
Her eyes flew wide. “What—?”
But before the rest of her words could leave her lips, he pressed a finger to them, silencing her.
“Ssh.”
His breath was hot against her face. He leaned in until their foreheads nearly touched, making him want to kiss her, but she recoiled instinctively, her hand flying up to cover her mouth. Her eyes narrowed, glare sharp, but he only smiled slowly and dangerously.
Previously, if something like that had happened, he would have been angry at her. But now… he liked this little act that she was pulling.. like a cat wanting his attention.
He didn’t try to pull her hand away. Instead, he leaned forward and kissed the back of her hand. Challenging her… She either took his kiss to the back of her hand or let her jerk her hand away and take his to the lips.
He smiled when she did not move his hand away and straightened, even more amused when she wiped the back of her hand against the blanket, the moment he straightened.
“You can fight me. Bite me. Lie all you want,” he said, as he caught her wrist to keep her from scrubbing her hand raw and continued softly, “But you belong to me. You’ve always belonged to me. And you will always belong to me. In life…” He paused for a moment as her eyes met his when he finished off,” And in death… If need be.”
Havign said his piece, he let go of her wrist and turned back, walking out of the room while closing the door behind him, leaving Melanie shocked and for the first time, terrified out of her mind… How could ’Melanie’ have returned to Adam when she was here? And why was Melody being reported as missing. How was that possible. Had they mistaken Melody for her?
If Adam thought that Melanie was with him and not missing, then he would not even think of looking for her… No no no… Melanie hugged herself, trying to think clearly,” Even if there was some mistake about Melody’s identity, Adam would recognise her and not mistake someone else for her, right?”
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