Too Late: She Chose The Billionaire Heir

ster to me, Eliana. Y

ry time he chose Catalina

ee feet of water, he pushed me aside to sav

when she deliberately pushed

concrete. I was lying ther

didn't ch

to scoop Catalina up because she

at me for "h

or surgery, he was spoon-feeding her soup in

"Elie Bear," the doormat waitin

tter how much he hurt me, I

e was

cream. I d

ocked his number, and boarded a one-way f

d his "sister" was a nightmare and came craw

wasn't

billionaire heir who looked

é whispered, "and I will destro

pte

pool party-a violent intrusion-yet it paled in comp

limbs that anyone with eyes could identify as staged, her gaze locked onto Jax

ed himself into the pool, creating a second wave that

ory of our agreement clawing at my thro

ore scene, Eliana, I

ina against his chest as if she were fragile por

, my voice fractur

his eyes hard and unfamiliar. He didn't see his girlfr

sting Catalina onto the deck. "You

left m

tion. It was an evicti

t felt compressed by a giant, icy hand. Around us, the music kept

her arms, whispering things into her ear that made her sob h

was no fear in them, only

rifying calm washed over me-the silence of a

e Be

rom our childhood. That's what he used to

e Bear. I know

aps of his affection, to believe that every betrayal was just a m

"Next time wil

was no n

I walked away from the pool, away from the eyes of our friends who were pretendi

er a towel. I just kept walking

feel the steering wheel under my h

I sat at my desk, my hands shaking as I pulled out

applicati

e local state college together. He wanted me close. He

. It was a ticket to a life where

e window, mimicking the storm that should have bee

ne. My fingers hov

t your E

it

a moment, waiting for the

ance letter. Jax thought my life was wrapped around his finger. He thought I would be there

ely, I tore the S

he future he thought we were going to ha

text from Mason,

amatic again. He's drivin

n paper. I wasn't waiting u