Page 121 of Bride By Initiation

I shake my head. "I didn't. It's not what you think."

"Not what I think?" She holds her phone out in front of me, showing me the same photo my father sent.

"Fiona, I didn't mean to?—"

"You didn't mean to what? Screw around with my brother behind my back while lying to me multiple times? Get married in secret with neither of our families there?" she hurls. Tears fill her eyes. She blinks hard.

I put my hand on her shoulder. "Fiona?—"

She jerks her shoulder backward. "Don't touch me right now, Zara."

Guilt eats me. "Look, it just?—"

She tilts her head, looking at me in confusion.

"What?" I nervously question.

She points at me. "Why do you have plastic around your neck?"

Oh shit.

She glances at the mirror, and her expression morphs to one of horror. "Is that blood?"

I step away from the mirror. "Listen?—"

"What is it?" she shrieks, trying to spin me around, but I step backward.

"Zara, what did you do to yourself?" she frets, her horror turning to worry.

Sean walks into the room. "I told you to stop barging into my apartment, or I would revoke your access. You know you're supposed to ring the bell and wait for me to answer."

Anger takes over. She spins and jabs him in the chest. "You don't get to say that to me right now."

"Don't come in my home and act like you own it," he says.

She fumes. "Don't you dare act like what you two have done is right."

"What have we done?" he asks.

"Sean, don't," I warn, but I've never been able to get involved or stop their sibling fights.

They stare at each other with challenging expressions. Fiona shakes her head. "You're disgusting."

"Why am I disgusting?"

"You married Zara."

"Oh, so Zara is disgusting?" he questions arrogantly, crossing his arms. Then he adds, "I beg to differ. In fact, I find Zara rather appetizing."

"You're disgusting," she seethes.

"Stop it," I scold.

Fiona glances at his hand and then grabs it.

He winces. "Ow!"

Her voice rises again. "What the fuck is this, Sean? Why do you have plastic and blood on you just like Zara?"

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