There Is No Devil Sinners Duet Book 2 By Sophie Lark-pdfread

was very beautiful, but innocent and sheltered. Her parents had full control
over her. My father had to impress them first to get access to her. When his
company went public, he donated six million to the Bay Area Youth Center,
her mother’s foundation. That’s how he got an invitation to one of their
dinner parties, so he could start the process of seducing their daughter.”
“Do you have a picture of her?” Mara asks.
“Upstairs. There’s none in here.”
I can’t hide the bitterness in my voice. Mara presses her lips together,
understanding.
“My father wanted anything he couldn’t have. I guess that’s the one thing we
shared. He had a chip on his shoulder and wanted to prove himself to anyone
who’d ever looked down on him. But he was petty and vindictive. He didn’t
just want acceptance—he wanted to rub their noses in it. That extended to my
mother. He had to have her, but once they were married, he treated her like
she had been the enemy all along. Like she was the one keeping him out of
the Pacific Union Club.”
“She told you this?” Mara asks, brows drawn together in sympathy.
“I read it in her journal. She was confused how the man who wined and dined
and complimented her could turn into a completely different person the
moment they were alone in his house.”
I close my eyes, quoting from memory the words she wrote out in her
delicate script:
“It’s like he hates me, and I don’t know why. I don’t know what I’ve done. He
used to kiss my fingertips and tell me I was the most exquisite thing in the
world. Now he snarls if I even touch him …”
”Why did he change?” Mara asks.
“He never liked anything once he actually had it. It took him years to get this
house—he had to bully and threaten the old woman who owned it. Had to
fight with the zoning commissioner and the society that was trying to get it
named a historic landmark. Once he moved in, he never stopped complaining
that it was cold and drafty, and the wiring was ancient.”