Tricking the Devil by Jess Thick EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jess Thick
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Amber
After a long shift at the hospital, I wanted nothing more than to
sleep, but my twenty-third birthday was today, and that had a weight to it.
Mostly because my birthday wasn’t my own. As a twin, I connected that
day more to Angela — my twin sister. Growing up, we always celebrated
together, and I had the feeling she didn’t fully forgive me when I moved
across the country at eighteen to get my nursing degree, but I couldn’t stay.
Not with the weight of our father’s business over me.
“So he’s a mafia boss, why’s that matter?” Angela used to complain
every time I said I had to leave. “He’s rich. He pays for us. He would’ve
paid for your schooling too — ”
“I had scholarships,” I would always protest.
Though we looked identical, Angela and I couldn’t be any more
different. She enjoyed our father’s money, regardless of how he made it,
and whenever asked, Angela always spoke of how she wanted kids and a
husband who would take care of her, so when we were twenty-one, I wasn’t
surprised to hear she was engaged. Not even that she intended to marry an
even bigger mafia’s heir apparent. However, our father arranging it threw
me.
Angela seemed calm about it. “It was either me or you Amber, and
we both know you’re not coming home. Plus, he’s hot and rich! It’s winwin.”
“Are you sure? I have a job. — ”
“I’m not moving out to that storm cloud state you’re in. Besides,
you’re always exhausted, always working — seriously? I know you. You’ll
either work yourself to exhaustion trying to support us both, or you’ll
expect me to work. I’m not gonna do it,” Angela had proclaimed. “Besides,
it’s a long engagement. Dad negotiated for him to do some prior proof
work, so we can ‘get to know each other,’ but he’s apparently off on some
international business bullshit until next year.”
A two year engagement sounded acceptable. For an arranged
marriage, it was more than most people would get — though Angela often
complained about her husband-to-be, Kian Alinejad. According to Angela,
Kian often canceled, claiming his work was more important. Of course, he
sent her gifts, so she claimed to have forgiven him, but she complained the
same the next time we spoke.
Our calls weren’t often, maybe once a month. The whole time, I
knew that I would never get to see my sister walk down the aisle. Our
mother died when she was young, so the only family she had would be our
father, who was basically selling her off for his business to join a larger
organization. We weren’t religious, and from what Angela said about Kian,
he wasn’t either, but the senior Alinejad was, which meant a traditional
Muslim wedding.
“I’m fine wearing red, and multiple days celebrating me — that’s
like the dream, but…” Angela had trailed off over the phone. Sighing, she
admitted in an uncharacteristically vulnerable moment,
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