Betrayed By The Billionaire Playboy

inder of how alone I felt. My hands trembled on the steering wheel, the cold leather biting against my sweaty pal

ur fifth weddi

my expense. I had spent weeks envisioning this day. The table at home was still set-

s long extinguished, and the air was h

e h

y of hope and heartbreak. When midnight struck, hope withered into something

more-I could feel it in my c

t coming ho

I drove to

tightened, knuckles whitening as I pushed through the ache in my chest. The soft glow of th

silence settle. My breathing was shallow, ragged, l

you, I to

, the understanding partner. But tonight, something inside me screamed

a woman I barely recognized. Swallowing hard, I pushed them op

building was eerily quiet, as if it knew secre

ng heavier with each floor and my hand trembling as thoug

onizing, each ding a

ed the top floor, the doors s

ard it-the low m

art s

amiliar tone, but it was laced with so

, each step feeling like I w

aughter-hers-broke t

ant

tepm

me to see but not enough to

smug grin. Samantha stood close, her hand resting on his chest as thou

t notice m

am

I could stop it, my voice cracki

m fell

sn't Samantha's smirk that gutted me-

devoid of guilt or remorse

me speechless. I stared at him, searching for any trace

atment and even the random slaps I got from him. And there I was, thinking it was a

was being cheated on

d out. "I've been waiting for you all night, James. I've been worried si

ng. Samantha never liked me as a stepdaughter, but there I was, bein

assed. Instead, she stepped back, adjusting her blou

this out," she said, her voi

r hand on his right nipple, then passed me,

nniversa

red in the air, suffoc

James, tears stre

ice barely above a whisper. "After everything we've b

down my cheeks. My leg

ing flickered in his

before I c

his tone as cu

emed to shif

ng. "How can you say that? How can

unning a hand t

ramatic. You think a baby i

hrough me, shar

back, shaki

y inheritance to you because I trusted you. I even donated my kidney to y

"Don't make me the villain for your bad decisions. Honestly, Olivia, you've b

caught in

loved more than anything, and real

urned and walked out, my

sn't enough to dull the ache in my chest. I stumbled towa

use

turned, startled, to see a man standing in the shadows, his sharp su

verhear," he said, his

t a sleek

o take your re

barely registering. I was even startled and

look like the secur

re you even?" I asked, m

his lips curving into a

s as quickly as he had appeared

at the bold,

do Mo

s or what he wanted, bu

g to let Jame

all I've d

going

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