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Their eyes lit up. They looked like they wanted to kiss my feet.
Olivia spoke first. “Mom, honestly, we’ve wanted to team up with you and burn this whole script to the grou- nd for ages. The truth is, we’re not from this world. Three years ago, my best friend and I were in a car crash and woke up here, married into the Hawthorne family. Some ‘system‘ told me my mission was to win over the CEO brother, while she had to be the devoted fangirl to the surgeon brother.
“But the story dictates that as soon as the real heroine, Sienna, returns, your sons will go completely insane for her. They’ll even convince you to adopt her. You’ve always dreamed of having a daughter, and Sienna is meant to fill that void. You’d spoil her rotten, buy her anything she wants. You wouldn’t find out who she really is until you’re seventy, and then you’d divorce him in a rage. But that’s no way to live. It’s better to wake up now and get the hell out.”
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Maya gritted her teeth. “She’s right, Mom. If you want daughters, let us be your daughters. We’ll show you how to live. With your money, we can find any young, handsome boy toy we want. The other day, Olivia and I went to a spa and hired ten gorgeous male therapists to wait on us. It was divine. We’ll take you next time. Isn’t that better than waiting on a stuffy old man?”
She had a point. Good men were a dime a dozen. Why was I wasting my life on those three ungrateful wolv-
es?
My heart was a wasteland of ashes, but I managed a tearful smile. “Alright. I’m going to go clean out their
secret stashes right now. And then, we’re faking our deaths.”
