His Betrayal, Her Unstoppable Rise

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he world I left beh

People who used to rush to my side now averted their eyes, their champagne glasses suddenly

ld, isolati

and the reason for my new

he wore a dress in my signature color, her hair styled exactly like I used to

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ialized at my elbow, a

back," he said, his voic

kept my

w couple. "You've been replaced, Elara. Ava i

my two years abroad, studying to take over the European

n art, my mannerisms. She adopted my charity causes. She became

a ring on my finger, had let it happen. They had embraced the f

s ear, and she laughed, a high, tinkling sound t

e. I had seen the pho

wasn't a

beginning