Publication date: February 14th, 2021
Synopsis:
"I dream of waking up and being someone else--my hair, my eyes, even my voice, completely different--and each time I go to the mirror to check my reflection, to see what I look like, I'm her. Every time. Her. It's her reflection that stares back to me, but I'm the one who controls it. I'm in control, and that's exactly why it feels so good. I control her and what happens to me; I control both lives--mine and hers--and I have what I want the most: her looks, her status, her marriage. There's nothing left of me, and only I know the secret. Only I know it's me inside, it's me under that perfect porcelain skin, it's me behind those sweet, smart deep brown eyes.
And I have him. He's mine--just mine now. I'm not the other woman anymore. I'm everything he needs."
"A story of mystery and intrigue weaved together with prose so delectable, so sublime. A must-read. A masterpiece. A thrill." -- Eleanor Lloyd-Jones
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Excerpt
"I dream of waking up and being someone else--my hair, my eyes, even my voice, completely different--and each time I go to the mirror to check my reflection, to see what I look like, I'm her. Every time. Her. It's her reflection that stares back at me, but I'm the one who controls it. I'm in control, and that's exactly why it feels so good. I control her and what happens to me; I control both lives--mine and hers--and I have what I want the most: her looks, her status, her marriage. There's nothing left of me, and only I know the secret. Only I know it's me inside, it's me under that perfect porcelain skin, it's me behind those sweet, smart deep brown eyes.
And I have him. He's mine--just mine now. I'm not the other woman anymore. I'm everything he needs. I can be both the wife and the whore. I'm a better version of myself and a better version of Miss Perfection.
But most importantly I have control.
I've never had control.
Then, my eyes open to the real world--right when he's kissing me in the dream, before he can tell me I'm the love of his life and that he only thinks of me.
I wonder if he lies to her like he lies to me every time we see each other. Does he tell her he loves her? And why? Why does he love her?
She does nothing for him, besides being her.
'I love you for what you do for me'
Those are his words of love for me. In the moment, they mean everything, but they don't stay long. They vanish with him--with my dream.
I'm jealous of what he says to her; I hate the way he looks at her.
No secret meetings, no hiding, no masks to disguise ourselves... Everything is out in the open in my dream. I wonder what that would feel like, to live our love out in the open.
Before I wake up completely, I feel this resentment; the rage resurfaces.
Would he be mine if it weren't for her? Would he have married me, if it weren't for her? I start to lose control again. I want what she has. I want him.
I open my eyes and stare at the ceiling for a few minutes. I have no reason to get out of bed so early. I'm alone, and I spend the first moments of my day--of each single day of my life--wondering if he's sleeping close to her, if he's breathing her scent... Wondering if and when he'll call me.
I have no control. He decides. He sets up our meetings. He tells me where and when. My role is to be there on time and the way he wants it. Possibly naked.
It's only when I get his text that I have the incentive to get up. It changes my day. I work around our meeting, I do what I have to do and I hope time flies to the moment when I'll see him again.
My whole existence revolves around him.
And is focused on how I can be more like her.
I would do anything, anything, Doctor. Anything to be her."
My name is Laura and I am dreamer, the kind that walks around all day and likes to go back and forth, from the real world to her own little world.
I have two kids and a fantastic partner. We work together in our little shop in Italy, near the beach.
When I am not busy working on being a mommy, I like to fantasize about new characters and new stories I'd like to write.
Counterpoints is my first book.
Follow the story @laurarossiauthor on facebook.
