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Chapter 4 4
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Released on: 07/07/2025
swam into view. A doctor told Kaleb I had something called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Broken Heart Syn
efusing to speak, refusing to eat. The wound in my s
ous bouquet of flowers arrived. Kaleb
n't well. Try n
red biohazard bin, right in front of the stunned delivery boy. When Kurt called, Kaleb answered only to pr
my sea of nothingness. He told me his friend, an acclaimed arch
use of the gown. He said the design was 'achingly beautiful,' a 'masterpiece of sorrow a
gle, hot tear rolled down my cheek. My tale
ook on the bedside table. My hand, trembling a
espair either, I drew a single, jagged, angry line across a blank
looked at him. My eyes were hollow, but f
e away, Kaleb," I whispered. "I want to
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An Empire of Ash, A Heart of Steel
“To save his date from a spilled drink, he ripped my mother's priceless shawl from my shoulders and used it as a rag. In front of a thousand people, Kurt Salazar showed me my place. But the ultimate humiliation was yet to come. He had me design my own wedding gown-only to use it for his public proposal to another woman. The shock nearly killed me, landing me in the hospital with a literally broken heart. He thought I was just another mess to be cleaned up. He didn't know that from the shards of my heart, a new designer would be born. Now, his name is a curse, his fortune is ash, and he's obsessed with the woman whose soul he tried to steal. He's about to learn that some debts can only be paid in ruin!”