Air rushed out of me like I'd been underwater for a minute. So it wasn't Sparrow's. He didn't know. He couldn't know. Yet.
"It's not a lie," I pressed on. "Sparrow really is my husband. Check online if you doubt me. We just had a public wedding."
"I know Sparrow just got married." His jaw worked. "I saw the pictures, but I never paid attention to the wife." He pulled out his phone, tapping fast, and then he made a sound I'd never heard a grown man make in my presence. A strangled little gasp.
"No, this cannot be real. Why would the wife of a man like Sparrow be a prostitute? This makes no sense. I have to confirm the truth myself."
"But I told you, I'm not a prostitute..." I started, and he shushed me, actually shushed me, with a raised finger, and dialed.
I had no idea what he was doing, but I heard him ask for something to be brought over, and he gave the person on the other end our hotel room address.
Then he sat down beside me on the edge of the bed, and his whole manner changed. Softer. Patient. Like a man clearing his desk for a long story.
"Go ahead," he said. "Tell me everything."
So I did.
I didn't hold back anymore. There was no point. I started at the very beginning, the ugliest part.
"I was sold by my own father when I was a baby," I told him, my voice flat and strange in my own ears. "Sold. Like furniture. I grew up in a house where I wasn't allowed to leave, wasn't allowed to have friends, wasn't allowed to be a child. The people I thought were my parents used me as a maid. I scrubbed their floors and cooked their food and took their beatings, and I never set foot in a school. Not once."


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The readers' comments on the novel: Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic)
Agent Frost better teach Tasha how to protect herself if anything gets out of hand or if she’s ever in danger or forced again...
I need some good news for Tasha. Special Agent hear her out and don’t let her get back into that life. Do I hear a romance or someone Tasha can truly count on besides Scarlett??...
I hope Tasha is let off and helped by this detective and gets away from all this maybe a twist for this novel is she gets on the good side of things and gets away from that life completely even if she has to separate herself from Scarlett but it appears Tasha gets hurt by Scarlett’s and sparrow’s stupidity as she’s blamed for Scarlett’s decisions...
Her life is ruined and Scarlett’s been living a luxurious life through it all...
I officially hate everyone for hurting Tasha and allowing things to happen to her. This whole Sparrow and Scarlett situation is some BS....
It’s a bit stupid that as powerful and ruthless sparrow is he and Scarlett sure do a lousy job of protecting and having guard on Tasha. Like how did all of this happen to her if he was supposed to be protecting her based on the contract??...
More Chapters Please...
I thought it said 10 chapters a day??? It’s been like 2-3 days and no update after chapter 574. The release time is so inconsistent, I have started to just loose interest....
Just find Tasha and get her some help. How did she have sparrow’s men watching her if she really cared so much. Scarlett’s character is so suspect…...
Storyline is interesting it’s just so much sexual content I have to skip through just find out the main context of the story....