Farewell, My Love

Farewell, My Love

Maverick

5.0
Comment(s)
2.3K
View
18
Chapters

In the year Bryan loved me the most, I hooked up with a wealthy man and dumped him. He swore he would make me regret it. When we met again, he had become a powerful business tycoon. Everyone knew he had an ex-girlfriend he despised. He said, "She should just die; a woman like her doesn't deserve to live in this world!" He didn't know that I had a terminal illness. I didn't have long to live.

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

[1]

In the year Bryan loved me the most, I started a relationship with a wealthy man and left him.

He swore I would regret it.

When we met again, he had already become a business tycoon with immense influence.

Everyone knew about the ex-girlfriend he despised.

He said, "She deserves to suffer. A woman like her doesn't deserve happiness!"

He didn't know I had a terminal illness.

I only had a few days left to live.

----

[2]

I never expected to run into Bryan in a place like this.

With my eyes downcast, I clutched the skimpy dress I was wearing tightly.

Rhonda gave me a push. "Joanna, what are you standing there for? Get in there!"

I tried to comfort myself. The room was dimly lit, and there were so many people. Bryan wouldn't notice me.

Taking a deep breath, I followed my colleagues into the private room.

But with just one glance, I saw Bryan lounging on the sofa.

He had changed. The boyish innocence was gone from his face, replaced by a powerful and intimidating presence.

Dressed in a tailored suit, every line exuded elegance and sophistication.

My heart ached, and I quickly lowered my gaze, not daring to look at him again.

"Mr. Keller, these are our club's finest girls. See if there's anyone you like."

He glanced at us coldly and uttered a single word. "Leave."

The club owner's face changed, and he quickly waved us out. "Out, all of you. Don't bother Mr. Keller."

I breathed a sigh of relief, my heart settling down. Thankfully, Bryan hadn't seen or recognized me.

Just as I was about to step out the door, a cold voice came from behind.

"Wait, turn around."

Accompanied by footsteps, a pair of high-end black leather shoes appeared before me.

Bryan stood in front of me. "Look up."

I didn't move.

He sneered, gripping my chin forcefully and making me meet his gaze. His eyes were full of mockery.

"So it's Miss Duffy. Didn't you hook up with a rich guy? Why are you out here working?"

"Did that rich guy dump you? Hmm?"

I bit my lip, turning my head to the side without saying a word, feeling a lump in my throat.

He turned to the club owner and chuckled. "Her, and the one next to her, stay."

The club owner rubbed his hands together, his face beaming with joy.

Leyla followed Bryan to the sofa.

Bryan lit a cigarette and looked at me. "Legs broken? Can't walk over?"

"With that attitude, you think you can serve clients? This place must not be very good."

The club owner laughed apologetically. "Mr. Keller, I'm sorry. She's new here. I heard her family is in desperate need of money. If she wasn't a bit pretty, I wouldn't have taken her in."

He then glared at me fiercely. "What are you standing there for? If you don't want to serve clients, you can leave now!"

For a moment, I felt an impulse to turn and leave immediately. But I couldn't. Not now. I needed the money desperately. I needed this high-paying part-time job.

I whispered an apology and walked towards Bryan.

"Short on money? What happened? Did your rich guy dump you?"

"Serves you right."

Bryan played with his lighter, a playful look in his eyes.

He pulled Leyla close and casually tossed her a card. "Here's a hundred thousand. It's yours."

Then he took out another card, looking at me with a sneer. "This one also has a hundred thousand, but it depends on whether you have the skills to earn it."

The people around him seemed to notice Bryan's disdain for me and started to egg him on.

"Let's make it fun. Take off your clothes! I'll bet a hundred thousand for each piece you take off!"

Laughter erupted, and several people pulled out their cards.

"Come on, sweetheart, strip down, and all the money on the table is yours."

Continue Reading

Other books by Maverick

More

You'll also like

He Thought I Was A Doormat, Until I Ruined Him

He Thought I Was A Doormat, Until I Ruined Him

SHANA GRAY
4.6

The sterile white of the operating room blurred, then sharpened, as Skye Sterling felt the cold clawing its way up her body. The heart monitor flatlined, a steady, high-pitched whine announcing her end. Her uterus had been removed, a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding, but the blood wouldn't clot. It just kept flowing, warm and sticky, pooling beneath her. Through heavy eyes, she saw a trembling nurse holding a phone on speaker. "Mr. Kensington," the nurse's voice cracked, "your wife... she's critical." A pause, then a sweet, poisonous giggle. Seraphina Miller. "Liam is in the shower," Seraphina's voice purred. "Stop calling, Skye. It's pathetic. Faking a medical emergency on our anniversary? Even for you, that's low." Then, Liam's bored voice: "If she dies, call the funeral home. I have a meeting in the morning." Click. The line went dead. A second later, so did Skye. The darkness that followed was absolute, suffocating, a black ocean crushing her lungs. She screamed into the void, a silent, agonizing wail of regret for loving a man who saw her as a nuisance, for dying without ever truly living. Until she died, she didn't understand. Why was her life so tragically wasted? Why did her husband, the man she loved, abandon her so cruelly? The injustice of it all burned hotter than the fever in her body. Then, the air rushed back in. Skye gasped, her body convulsing violently on the mattress. Her eyes flew open, wide and terrified, staring blindly into the darkness. Her trembling hand reached for her phone. May 12th. Five years ago. She was back.

Too Late: The Spare Daughter Escapes Him

Too Late: The Spare Daughter Escapes Him

SHANA GRAY
4.3

I died on a Tuesday. It wasn't a quick death. It was slow, cold, and meticulously planned by the man who called himself my father. I was twenty years old. He needed my kidney to save my sister. The spare part for the golden child. I remember the blinding lights of the operating theater, the sterile smell of betrayal, and the phantom pain of a surgeon's scalpel carving into my flesh while my screams echoed unheard. I remember looking through the observation glass and seeing him-my father, Giovanni Vitiello, the Don of the Chicago Outfit-watching me die with the same detached expression he used when signing a death warrant. He chose her. He always chose her. And then, I woke up. Not in heaven. Not in hell. But in my own bed, a year before my scheduled execution. My body was whole, unscarred. The timeline had reset, a glitch in the cruel matrix of my existence, giving me a second chance I never asked for. This time, when my father handed me a one-way ticket to London-an exile disguised as a severance package-I didn't cry. I didn't beg. My heart, once a bleeding wound, was now a block of ice. He didn't know he was talking to a ghost. He didn't know I had already lived through his ultimate betrayal. He also didn't know that six months ago, during the city's brutal territory wars, I was the one who saved his most valuable asset. In a secret safe house, I stitched up the wounds of a blinded soldier, a man whose life hung by a thread. He never saw my face. He only knew my voice, the scent of vanilla, and the steady touch of my hands. He called me Sette. Seven. For the seven stitches I put in his shoulder. That man was Dante Moretti. The Ruthless Capo. The man my sister, Isabella, is now set to marry. She stole my story. She claimed my actions, my voice, my scent. And Dante, the man who could spot a lie from a mile away, believed the beautiful deception because he wanted it to be true. He wanted the golden girl to be his savior, not the invisible sister who was only ever good for her spare parts. So I took the ticket. In my past life, I fought them, and they silenced me on an operating table. This time, I will let them have their perfect, gilded lie. I will go to London. I will disappear. I will let Seraphina Vitiello die on that plane. But I will not be a victim. This time, I will not be the lamb led to slaughter. This time, from the shadows of my exile, I will be the one holding the match. And I will wait, with the patience of the dead, to watch their entire world burn. Because a ghost has nothing to lose, and a queen of ashes has an empire to gain.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book