His Betrayal, Her Breakthrough

His Betrayal, Her Breakthrough

Gavin

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He was my Liam, my childhood sweetheart, the one who knew every detail about me, including my life-threatening nut allergy. We were the town' s golden couple, our future an unspoken fact. Then Chloe arrived, his "new girl," and he threw her a lavish party at his family's lake house. The heavy scent of roasted almonds and pecan pie filled the air-a deliberate choice, it seemed, from the caterer specializing in nut-based dishes. When I started to feel sick, he was too busy showing off his new obsession. Later, as I fumbled for my EpiPen, collapsing from a severe allergic reaction triggered by a pistachio macaron Chloe "innocently" offered, Liam chose to prioritize her comfort over my life, sending Chloe home first while I was rushed to the emergency room. I woke up to my grandmother's furious whisper: "He left you for her." Sixteen years of an unspoken promise, shattered by blatant negligence and utter disregard. So when my grandmother, with steel in her voice, proposed a marriage of convenience to Julian Vance, a man I barely knew, I saw only one path forward. "Okay," I heard myself say. "Set it up." This time, I' d choose my own destiny.

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He was my Liam, my childhood sweetheart, the one who knew every detail about me, including my life-threatening nut allergy. We were the town' s golden couple, our future an unspoken fact.

Then Chloe arrived, his "new girl," and he threw her a lavish party at his family's lake house.

The heavy scent of roasted almonds and pecan pie filled the air-a deliberate choice, it seemed, from the caterer specializing in nut-based dishes.

When I started to feel sick, he was too busy showing off his new obsession.

Later, as I fumbled for my EpiPen, collapsing from a severe allergic reaction triggered by a pistachio macaron Chloe "innocently" offered, Liam chose to prioritize her comfort over my life, sending Chloe home first while I was rushed to the emergency room.

I woke up to my grandmother's furious whisper: "He left you for her."

Sixteen years of an unspoken promise, shattered by blatant negligence and utter disregard.

So when my grandmother, with steel in her voice, proposed a marriage of convenience to Julian Vance, a man I barely knew, I saw only one path forward.

"Okay," I heard myself say. "Set it up." This time, I' d choose my own destiny.

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