Ava Miller, a gifted NYU photography student, was desperate. Her mother's medical bills were a mountain of debt, burying Ava's dreams. Salvation appeared in the form of Ethan Reed, a tech billionaire who offered to cover everything – tuition, medical expenses – in exchange for her "companionship" as his muse. Reluctantly, Ava agreed, finding herself falling for his lavish attentions and grand gestures. Then, Ethan' s ex-fiancée, Victoria Hayes, returned. Victoria coldly revealed that every romantic moment Ava cherished was a calculated rerun, a part of Ethan' s elaborate play to win Victoria back. To prove it, Victoria orchestrated a cruel test: Ava and Victoria would text Ethan with competing emergencies. Ethan chose Victoria' s. He dismissed Ava' s plea for help without even reading it. The illusion shattered. Ava, pale and humiliated, was publicly paraded as Ethan' s temporary "project," his "plaything" – a means to an end. It worsened when Victoria callously broke Ava' s late father' s cherished vintage camera, then twisted the truth to Ethan. He immediately sided with Victoria, punishing Ava by confining her to a remote, stark guesthouse, treating her like a disobedient animal. ------------------ My spirit was crushed. How could the man I thought I loved be so merciless, so manipulative? Every grand gesture, every whispered word of affection, was a performance, a lie designed to ensnare me as a pawn in his cruel game. Why would anyone do something so deliberate, so deeply humiliating? But the cold betrayal ignited a desperate resolve. With a late scholarship offer to London' s Royal College of Art, I knew my gilded cage was finally open. I had to escape this twisted drama, reclaim my life, and maybe, just maybe, find real freedom.
Ava Miller, a gifted NYU photography student, was desperate.
Her mother's medical bills were a mountain of debt, burying Ava's dreams.
Salvation appeared in the form of Ethan Reed, a tech billionaire who offered to cover everything – tuition, medical expenses – in exchange for her "companionship" as his muse.
Reluctantly, Ava agreed, finding herself falling for his lavish attentions and grand gestures.
Then, Ethan' s ex-fiancée, Victoria Hayes, returned.
Victoria coldly revealed that every romantic moment Ava cherished was a calculated rerun, a part of Ethan' s elaborate play to win Victoria back.
To prove it, Victoria orchestrated a cruel test: Ava and Victoria would text Ethan with competing emergencies.
Ethan chose Victoria' s.
He dismissed Ava' s plea for help without even reading it.
The illusion shattered.
Ava, pale and humiliated, was publicly paraded as Ethan' s temporary "project," his "plaything" – a means to an end.
It worsened when Victoria callously broke Ava' s late father' s cherished vintage camera, then twisted the truth to Ethan.
He immediately sided with Victoria, punishing Ava by confining her to a remote, stark guesthouse, treating her like a disobedient animal.
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My spirit was crushed.
How could the man I thought I loved be so merciless, so manipulative?
Every grand gesture, every whispered word of affection, was a performance, a lie designed to ensnare me as a pawn in his cruel game.
Why would anyone do something so deliberate, so deeply humiliating?
But the cold betrayal ignited a desperate resolve.
With a late scholarship offer to London' s Royal College of Art, I knew my gilded cage was finally open.
I had to escape this twisted drama, reclaim my life, and maybe, just maybe, find real freedom.
Introduction
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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