Rising From Ashes: The Heiress They Tried To Erase
Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband's Regret
Marrying A Secret Zillionaire: Happy Ever After
Beneath His Ugly Wife's Mask: Her Revenge Was Her Brilliance
Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can't Afford Me Now
The Phantom Heiress: Rising From The Shadows
Jilted Ex-wife? Billionaire Heiress!
Rejected No More: I Am Way Out Of Your League, Darling!
The Jilted Heiress' Return To The High Life
She Took The House, The Car, And My Heart
Sometimes, and only sometimes, my brain feels like it is in another time frame, like it can receive frequencies from a world that is not before my eyes, a world with a very different time frame than this one. Fleeting flashes reach my eyes like the light from a camera flash and after that brief sensation fades I am back here again. Afraid of an uncertain future and the storm that is brewing for me and only me. After him. My imbecile ex...
_ I didn't mean for it to happen, Prudence. I swear!
"You didn't mean for it to happen! You didn't mean to put your-" My words crumble with my sobs. I can barely see Abraham's face through my tears. Tears that haven't stopped since I ran into my bedroom earlier today. Tears that have left my skin raw and tight. And every time I think I'm crying, the image of Abraham and her flashes inside my head and a new wave hits. I wipe my dripping nose against the sleeve of my sweatshirt. I'm way past the point of caring about how I look.
_ Who is she, anyway?
_Nobody important.
She wipes her tears away with the palm of her hand and then reaches up to my face, cupping my cheeks.
_ You are my whole life. You have always been my whole life. Always! Do you know that well? Tell me you know that!
I swallow against the sharp lump lodged in my throat, but it doesn't budge. I knew that. Until today.
_ So why do you break my heart?
His handsome face twitches as if I've slapped him. Something he wishes he had the courage to do.
_ You weren't supposed to find out. Oh my god!
_ Does that make it better?
_ No, that's not what I'm saying.
He hangs his head for a moment.
_ Look, we're getting married next year and then it'll be just you and me. It's been just you and me all these years. And, _ he swallows, hesitates, _this is something I've been thinking about. A lot lately.
_ About cheating on me?
_No! About, you know..._ He shudders. _Sex.
_ Is that what this is all about? Why didn't you tell me? I wish...
_ No, Prudence.
Abraham's face is suddenly stern.
_ You and I, we're doing it the right way by waiting until we're husband and wife. You're so innocent. So pure.
He leans forward, pressing his forehead against mine.