room, Averie's calm was absolute. It was the eer
"Ellie, I need you to call that lawyer friend of y
wasn't a moment of anger. This was a final verdict. "Of course,"
nt," Averie said, her voice st
leanor insisted. "What i
aying the devoted protector to his true love." The words w
g her friend's need for closure. "Okay. I'll
penthouse door. The place she had called home
emary steak she had cooked hours ago met her. The scent was
a meticulous landscape of Jarett's bespoke suits and designer watches. The other side was a rio
ffection. Now she saw it for what it wa
dragged out a small, worn suitcase. It was the only piece
to pack. But she only
A few faded, comfortable t-shirts and a pair of worn-in jeans. A single framed
touch the designer clothes. She didn't t
flawless, obscenely large pink diamond. He had placed it on her finger with
from her finger. It felt surprisingly light. She dr
othing he had given her. It was the only p
-full. It was a stark, pathetic measure of how little
er eyes landed on the anniversary card she had left on the coff
then, with no expression on her face, she ripped it cl
out of the apartment, not once looking back. She was leaving the sa
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