Chapter 187

After she had concluded her narration, there was a long silence between the both of us. I stared at nothing as I repeated her words over and over again in my head. I really needed everything to sink in because I still couldn't believe it. Riley wasn't an orphan like Madison had claimed. Riley was her daughter which she had before she got married to Benjamin. Now that I thought about it, it made so much sense. All of the affection she gave to her, I always wondered why she would love a stranger more than her own daughter. Guess I was wrong because Riley was never a stranger. She did so good in hiding everything about her past so well that if I was told this about a year ago, it would have been really hard to believe. She had a mate but was still chasing after a taken man and she had to go to such extent. She ruined people's lives and cut them short while hiding hers in a dangerous place for so long. She played us so perfectly, even Benjamin. To think that he didn't even love her and had