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Then she saw Aimee standing behind them, staring at them like she had seen a ghost. And Sophia’s stomach dropped.
Oh, God. She was really in trouble now.
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Thomas had been so focused on Sophia and pretty much pouring his heart out that he hadn’t noticed Aimee had joined them. Now she was looking at them like Thomas had just slapped her.
Not really how he planned on telling her. Even Aimee deserved a better explanation.
“You …” Aimee was shaking, her face darkening. “You little …”
“Aimee, I can explain.” Sophia moved away from Thomas and approached her sister. “This isn’t …”
Aimee slapped her hard, the sound of the slap making Thomas’ ears ring. Sophia froze, looking shocked. Then she touched her cheek with her fingers as Aimee breathed heavily.
“You whore!” she snarled. “Thomas is mine! Do you have to steal what is mine all the time?”
“What?” Sophia started. “What do you mean, all the time?”
“You’ve always been jealous of me. You would steal anything of mine whenever you got the chance. I thought you would have grown out of it by now.” Aimee looked at Thomas, and the hurt in her eyes made Thomas’ stomach turn into knots. “Apparently not. Of all the things you had to steal, why did it have to be my future husband?”
Sophia looked back at Thomas.
“Aimee, I’ve never stolen anything of yours.”
“Liar!”
“We cleared that up long ago. You wanted to get me into trouble, so you planted your clothes and jewellery on me to get our parents to punish me. If it weren’t for my maid catching you coming out of my bedchamber with items you were going to plant, you would have got away with it for longer, and I would have been sent away to a distant relative.”
Aimee snorted.
“That brat should have kept her mouth shut. You didn’t deserve to enjoy the luxuries of our home. I didn’t want you around. Is this how you repay me? Stealing my man?”
She started to raise her hand, but Thomas got there first. He wasn’t about to let Sophia get harmed any further.
“That’s enough!” He pushed Sophia behind him and faced Aimee. “You will not raise your hand to your sister again, Aimee.”
“What were you thinking, Thomas?” Aimee demanded. “Why would you let this manipulative witch seduce you? I thought you were better than this.”
“She didn’t seduce me. And don’t call Sophia a witch.”
“That’s what she is if she steals my man!”
Thomas folded his arms.
“What made you think I would be your man, as you called it?”
“You were going to propose to me, weren’t you? Sophia knew it, too.” Aimee glowered at Sophia over Thomas’ shoulder. “Just disgusting. I’ll be making sure everyone knows what she’s done.”
Thomas felt Sophia stiffen and heard a little whimper. He focused on Aimee instead.
“You will not be saying anything about this, Aimee. You will not ruin Sophia for your own gain.”
“Oh, really?” Aimee lifted her chin and glared at him defiantly. “You think I will keep quiet about my sister and the man I’m due to marry? Absolutely not! I’m going to make sure she pays for what she did!”
“And you think I’ll marry you after that?”
Aimee sniffed.
