From Gold-Digger to Queen

ody tremble. She curled into a ball on the cold marble floor, her hands pressed against her stomach, but it d

r voice a dry, cracked soun

d was the faint hum of the city far below, indifferent to her agony. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city lights blurred int

ds wrapped around his fingers. His eyes were closed, his handsome face a mask of serene piety. To the world, he was a grieving fiancé, a man shattered

was her gilded cage, and Liam was her warden. He had built this cage with his

nding on the edge of a rooftop, her voice shrill with desperation, claiming Liam had promised to marry her. And Liam, instead of dismissing her, had rushed to her side, wrappi

away, took her phone, and told her to "reflect" on what she had done. The stress, the heartbreak, the constant fear-it had all taken its toll. And the final, cr

e white floor. It was a tide of dark red, a color so vibrant it seemed to scream. She looked down, her mind struggling to pro

full of a pain that went far beyond the physical

is face a mask of cold annoyance. He had been interrupted. "What

descending expression faltered. The color drained from his face, replaced by a ghastly wh

?" he stammered, his

polished beads scattered across the marble floor, clattering like tiny, mocking marbles, rolling into the spreading blood.

at him, her vision blurring, but her hatred was a sharp, clear point. All the love

ped, each word a struggle

panic in his eyes, th

gaining a terrifying strength. "And if there is another life... I will never, ever love yo

d faded

a sudd

ribs. The phantom pain was gone. She was lying in a soft bed, the silk sheet

und the room. It was the bridal suite of the hotel where she and Liam were supposed to get married. T

ver her. Was it all a nightm

sed in his wedding tuxedo, looking impossibly ha

"You were sleeping for so long, I was getting

nocent. The cold, cruel man from her vision was gone

she asked, her voic

But don' t worry about that right now." He frowned, his eyes scanning her face. "I just got a

sn' t a dream. She was back. She had been given a second chance. Time