Her Ice Heart, His Bitter End

Her Ice Heart, His Bitter End

Gavin

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My father arranged my marriage to Liam, the man I' d secretly loved for a decade. But on our wedding night, Liam, seeing only a gilded cage and forced manipulation, turned his back, muttering, "You got what you wanted, Ava." He fled overseas for three years, leaving me to raise our daughter, Grace, alone. He returned with his ex-girlfriend Chloe and her daughter Skylar. Liam shamelessly favored Skylar, explicitly neglecting Grace, even re-gifting Chloe's old scarf to me. Confirmation of his true life came from a public video where he boasted of "peak happiness" with Chloe and her child. My heart, once foolishly hopeful, shattered into ice. The man I loved was a brutal illusion; the one in that video, smiling with another's child, was real. How could he be so utterly cruel to his own flesh and blood, treating me merely as a disposable burden? The final snap came when Grace suffered a severe allergic reaction. Liam, however, prioritized Skylar' s minor heat rash, diverting critically needed specialists. As Grace gasped, her innocent whisper, "Mommy, if Daddy likes Skylar more, it's okay. I just need you," ignited an unbreakable resolve. He would never hurt her again.

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My father arranged my marriage to Liam, the man I' d secretly loved for a decade.

But on our wedding night, Liam, seeing only a gilded cage and forced manipulation, turned his back, muttering, "You got what you wanted, Ava."

He fled overseas for three years, leaving me to raise our daughter, Grace, alone.

He returned with his ex-girlfriend Chloe and her daughter Skylar.

Liam shamelessly favored Skylar, explicitly neglecting Grace, even re-gifting Chloe's old scarf to me.

Confirmation of his true life came from a public video where he boasted of "peak happiness" with Chloe and her child.

My heart, once foolishly hopeful, shattered into ice.

The man I loved was a brutal illusion; the one in that video, smiling with another's child, was real.

How could he be so utterly cruel to his own flesh and blood, treating me merely as a disposable burden?

The final snap came when Grace suffered a severe allergic reaction.

Liam, however, prioritized Skylar' s minor heat rash, diverting critically needed specialists.

As Grace gasped, her innocent whisper, "Mommy, if Daddy likes Skylar more, it's okay. I just need you," ignited an unbreakable resolve.

He would never hurt her again.

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