Page 12 of In Love with My Secret Husband

Laina knew she really should stop scrolling, but...

she's cute but like... school teacher cute

barrymore could have had anyone and he chose HER? secretly?? for SEVEN YEARS???

honestly kind of sad. he kept her hidden for a reason

Laina squeezed her eyes shut, but of course this wasn’t enough. Life had never been so easy that one just had to close their eyes, and the memories would simply go away, and consequences could be evaded.

Help me.

Because she knew to keep reading these things would make her forget who she was and start seeing herself the way they saw her.

Please.

And so she found herself praying yet again—

Help me.

—until strength infused her heart, and she was able to close the news app and delete it.

Thank You.

But that was just one battle won, and the thought alone was overwhelming, tempting Laina to just give up.

Everyone knew.

When she was once Troy Barrymore’s biggest secret—

Everyone!

The whole world now knew she was his wife—

Riiiing.

She stared at her phone as it started buzzing. She knew it was just a phone, but fear and pain had her looking at her phone like it could transform into a snake and bite her at any moment.

Riiing.

She knew she should answer it. Or even just check if it was her mother, whose calls were now perfectly understandable. Her mother who hadn’t known her own daughter had been married for seven years.

She knew what she had to do.

But—

“Laina?”

Was she hearing things?

Or was that...

Was that really Troy?

“Laina, I know you’re there. Will you open the—”

Troy hadn’t even finished speaking when the door flew open, and his wife had thrown herself in his arms. Crying. And shaking. Because of him.

His arms closed around her tightly.