Love After The Betrayal

mfortable chair, his hands clasped tightly in his lap. He had flown to Paris on the next available flight. He didn't know why. O

n the waiting room with Liam' s mother, a woman with sharp eyes and an even sharper tongue who

Her face was pale. "The surgery was successf

t tangible. She didn't look at Ethan. She just walked o

hat Liam was awake and could have one visi

hone, looking at pictures of architectural designs, try

here was a softness in her eyes, a vulnerability he h

you," she said,

surprised.

e said. "For signing the pa

room. The room was bright and filled with flowers. Liam was propped up on a pile of p

laced with triumph. "Thank you for co

y," Ethan said, the

nued, his smile widening. "The end of the line. She's

blood r

er. "This was all just a show for her old man. Every time she had to touch you, she woul

a precise, cal

ur little joke. White roses were the first flowers I ever gave her. Every time she saw them in your house,

fice. She had filled it with his favorite books and hung a piece of art he admired. And on the desk, there was a single wh

reading his mind. "That was my idea. I told her what y

a brand of shame on his soul. He had been living in a carefully constructed lie

ng me this?" Ethan

place. She's mine. She has always been mine. Now that your contrac

o breathe. He felt a sharp pain in his stomach, a physical manifestation of the

t look at Liam, couldn't look at the triumphant smirk on

He pushed through the hospital doors and into the cold Paris air, gulping it in like a drowning man. The pa

away from this city, away from the r

d to share with Olivia and started throwing his clothes into his suitcase. He didn't pac

. It was a notification from a social media ap

bed. The caption read: "Finally back where I belong.

eyes. It was the final, undeniable proof.

lm settling over the storm in his chest. The pain was still there,

as d

that would never be his. He would take what was left of his shattered heart

t looking back, and headed to the airport. The contract