HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION (An Erotic Billionaire Romance) novel Chapter 171

**TITLE: Fallen 171**
**CHAPTER 0171**

**Meadow’s POV:**

A wave of nausea washed over me, sinking so deep in my stomach that I feared I might actually be sick. Juniper was here.

What in the world was she doing here? How did she even find out where Alaric lived?

“How…” I began to ask, my voice trailing off as confusion clouded my thoughts. “What the hell is she doing here?”

As I turned my gaze to Alaric, I noticed the furrow in his brow deepening. “No idea, but…” he hesitated, squinting at the screen. “Can you see the ring on her finger?”

With a swift click, he adjusted the camera angle, allowing me to see her more clearly as she nervously ran her fingers through her hair.

A gasp escaped my lips, and I shot up, instinctively raising my hand to my face, as though the presence of my ring might somehow shield me from this bizarre reality.

“What the…” I stammered, my mind racing.

The ring on Juniper’s finger was an exact replica of mine.

Exactly. Like. Mine.

It dawned on me with chilling clarity—somehow, Juniper had gone to the lengths of replicating the ring that Alaric had given me.

“Alaric…” I whispered, shaking my head in disbelief.

“What is she doing?” he muttered, rising to his feet just as the doorbell rang again, its sound echoing ominously in the room. My grip tightened around his phone, my heart racing as I took in every detail about her. Juniper was dressed in a way that mirrored me, her hair styled just like how mine used to be. And the way she wrung her hands nervously in front of her, as if she were aware that Alaric was watching, made it all the more surreal. It was as if she were trying to become me.

But there was one glaring difference. Cami had cut my hair short earlier, and I realized Juniper must have been oblivious to that change, still believing I had my long hair.

This could only mean one thing.

When she had mentioned deceiving Alaric, I had never truly believed she would go through with it.

Okay, maybe I had entertained the thought that she might try, but I never imagined she would take it this far—duplicating the diamond ring I always wore.

“Alaric,” I murmured, watching him pull on a pair of sweatpants, my heart racing with a mix of fear and anger. “I don’t think Juniper knows that I’m here.”

He paused, his hand hovering over the waistband of his pants. I swallowed hard, standing up from the bed and moving toward him. Alaric’s gaze heated as it traveled over my body.

My naked body.

A flush crept up my cheeks, but I didn’t make any attempt to cover myself. His eyes met mine again, searching. “What do you mean, baby?”

I stepped closer as the doorbell rang once more, and when I glanced down at the phone, I could see my sister shifting from one foot to the other, her impatience palpable.

“The ring on her finger, her mannerisms… she’s…”

“Dressed like you,” Alaric finished my thought, taking the phone from my hands and focusing on the screen.

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