I clenched my jaw. “You should have told me.”
“I know.” She looked down at her lap, ashamed.
“I thought… maybe I’d never have to.”
I let out a hollow laugh. It wasn’t funny, but I didn’t know what else to do. “And what?
Just keep pretending she’s your sister forever?”
She wiped at her face, her hands shaking. “I don’t know. I was scared.”
I ran a hand through my hair, my mind spinning.
“Did your parents force you to lie?” My voice was rough, uneven.
Jill exhaled shakily. “Not force. But they made it clear it was the best thing for everyone.
They thought it would ruin my life if people knew the truth. So they… took over. And I let them.”
I stared at her, my emotions warring inside me.
“I wanted to tell you,” she whispered.
“So many times. But every time I tried, I just—” She shook her head. “I was terrified you’d leave.”
I let out a slow breath.
“You should have trusted me.”
Tears streamed down her face. “I know.”
I wanted to be angry, but mostly, I just felt… lost.
Jill sniffled. “Please.
Say something.”
I shook my head. “I don’t know what to say.”
She reached for my hand, gripping it tightly. “I love you.
That hasn’t changed.”
I looked at Jill—broken, vulnerable, terrified. But she was still my Jill. The woman I loved.
The woman I still wanted forever with.
So I reached into my pocket, pulled out the ring, and whispered, “Marry me.”
Through her tears, she gasped. “Yes!”
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