His Fake Death, Her Real Power

His Fake Death, Her Real Power

Gavin

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The call came on a Tuesday, the day before my wedding. My fiancé, David, was dead, killed in a gang shootout. My world shattered; I was five months pregnant, and the grief choked me so completely I tried to take my own life six times. Why was this pain so absolute, so suffocating, when his mother' s eyes were dry and his twin brother, Mark, couldn' t even be bothered to come home for the funeral? Then, late one night, I heard hushed voices from the study-David' s mother and a voice that was undeniably David' s. "You can't keep this up, David," she said. My blood ran cold. "She's strong, Mom. She'll get over it," David' s voice replied, callous and cruel. He wasn' t dead. He had faked his death to be with Olivia, his brother' s wife, claiming she was too "fragile" to handle the truth of losing Mark. Every tear, every desperate attempt to die, had been for a lie. The grief burned away, replaced by an icy fury. My pain wouldn' t vanish; it would transform into fuel. I picked up my phone, scrolled to a name I never thought I' d call-Ethan Thorne, David' s biggest rival. "Mr. Thorne, this is Sarah Miller," I said, my voice shockingly steady. "Your offer... for a hundred-million-dollar dowry to marry me. Does it still stand?"

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The call came on a Tuesday, the day before my wedding.

My fiancé, David, was dead, killed in a gang shootout.

My world shattered; I was five months pregnant, and the grief choked me so completely I tried to take my own life six times.

Why was this pain so absolute, so suffocating, when his mother' s eyes were dry and his twin brother, Mark, couldn' t even be bothered to come home for the funeral?

Then, late one night, I heard hushed voices from the study-David' s mother and a voice that was undeniably David' s.

"You can't keep this up, David," she said.

My blood ran cold.

"She's strong, Mom. She'll get over it," David' s voice replied, callous and cruel.

He wasn' t dead.

He had faked his death to be with Olivia, his brother' s wife, claiming she was too "fragile" to handle the truth of losing Mark.

Every tear, every desperate attempt to die, had been for a lie.

The grief burned away, replaced by an icy fury.

My pain wouldn' t vanish; it would transform into fuel.

I picked up my phone, scrolled to a name I never thought I' d call-Ethan Thorne, David' s biggest rival.

"Mr. Thorne, this is Sarah Miller," I said, my voice shockingly steady.

"Your offer... for a hundred-million-dollar dowry to marry me. Does it still stand?"

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