My Fiancé's Ultimate Deception

e, Annis, decided to grace him with her presence again. The realization hit me years later, not like a sudden shock

ne leaving a bruise. I packed a bag, my hands shaking with a mixture of anger and despair. "I can'

linting in the harsh streetlights. "Marry me, Clarissa," he pleaded, his voice thick wit

Part of me, the part that still desperately loved him, wanted to

eve you?" I ask

use. You can have half of everything if I ever betray you again. Just stay. Give me a chance to prove it." H

commitment... they chipped away at my resolve. I wanted to bel

tayed.

I blossomed under his attention, believing the past was truly behind us. I poured all my energy into making us work, into being the woman he deserved

ments, all for a child with Coleton. I yearned for a family, a tangible symbol of our u

nally found my pea

revealed itself, shattered me into a million pieces. All those years, all that effort, all t

had molded myself into his ideal woman, only to find that his ideal woman was still Annis.

e was no more love left to give. No more hope to

ssa," she said, her voice firm, "the divorce pape

ed over me. It was done. It was truly done. I booked a flig

peace settled over me for the first time in years. I closed

rehead jolted me awa

nd swollen, the harsh fluorescent light glinting off t

didn't ache. It just... lay