The Fiancé My Rival Became

ad through our small, go

bly dismissive. He cornered me at

short, humorless sound. "Trying to make me jeal

ly knew what I know, he' d be runnin' for

even, though my hands were clenched. "But I'm pretty sure 'adore

of us will come back, Sadie. Th

, that fella, Grandma Rose mut

d Tyler Maxwell ambled over, their expre

had asked, his brow furrowed. "You

yone knew you were devoted to

, reminding me of the life I thought I

ce was firm. They don't know the half of it. Let me

another flash of

something about a family crisis, my family. He never showed. Later, I saw him, laughing with Jessica, shel

the Miller Foundation into one of his father's risky ventures, a venture that later failed, though

d, the betrayal so shar

ler, my voice stronger than I

s, Sadie. When my memory fully re

then, the blaggard, Grandma Rose dec

hing. Only a growing disillusionment, fueled by the ghostly