Blaze of Betrayal, Rebirth of Love

rough the church. The orga

face a mixture of confusion and fury. Olivia, who had been lost in her own w

ay?" the priest stam

the priest. He looke

s voice calm and devoid of emo

rned his g

ant this. You want to

n' t part of the script. He was supposed to be the grateful, pathetic orphan,

her voice a suspicious whisper. "

etting myself free." He stepped back from the altar. "I' ve already cal

n angle. But she saw none. All she saw was a quiet, unnerving finality. The pull

and ran. She didn't look back once as she fled down the aisle and out the

out, cameras flashing. The wedding of the Sterling he

up to Ethan, his fac

a low growl. "Do you have any idea the humilia

r one," Ethan replied ca

. Then another, and another. A low murmur rippled through the gue

It was a selfie of him and Olivia, her in her wedding dress, clinging to

love always wins. She c

e Sterling family wasn' t just jilted at the

st a pew, his face ashen. The empire he built was founded on an image o

mood was funereal. The uneaten wedding feast was being quiet

wung open. Olivia and Alex walked in, hand in hand. Olivia refused to

nsion. "I have to thank you. You saved me a lot of trouble.

shirt, not giving Alex the

keting for Sterling Tech," Olivia announ

urprise on Alex' s face, it was news to him too. She wa

ut his chest. "It' s for the best. Sterling Tech ne

aged ten years in a few hours. His eyes were bloodshot, but w

age. He walked toward them, his gaze fixed on Alex. "Ethan has built more for this company with his mind than yo

ed to being challenged by th

diately stepped between him and her f

e commanded. "He' s

than, her eyes

for one night. You should j

e had given her exactly what she wanted, and she still saw him as the villain, the obstacle.

he was protecting, and then at the broken p

s. Just the hollow echo of a life he