The Man She Threw Away

e back. Liam learned from a stray comment Mark made on a work call that she and Noah

ere bare, the walls were stripped of her art, the bathroom cleared of her things.

gnature. Liam looked at the label. It was from a high-end tailor in the city, but the

letely unlike anything Chloe would have ever picked out for him. She prefer

ang. It was

ve?" she asked, her voice buzzing with

said slowly. "Wh

sn't it gorgeous? Oh, Liam, her mother is just the loveliest woman. We had lunch yesterday. S

nged escape hatch. The business

ivery slip," he said, a strange sense of detachmen

have any requests for the ceremony? The R

dn't care about the flowers or the

t door swung open and Chloe walked in, looking tired from her tri

asked, her eyes nar

idn't

she demanded, her voice rising. "You know I hate it when

eply self-centered, that Liam felt a cold amuse

ver, a hint of a pout on her lips. "I'm sorry abou

. He did know. He

me?" she asked, tryi

replied, hi

? You look so handsome in a tux. We should go somewhere fancy

e would wear to marry another woman. But where was the

g," he lied smoothly. "I'm

ll, you'll still look great." She ran a hand through

om. He felt nothing. Not love, not h

phone buzzed ag

sign the final paperwork tomorrow? The board needs t

turning around slowly. "Depart

m said calmly, meeti

pty apartment. "You can't! The firm needs you! We have t

id, his voice dangerously quie

h! This is about our

ansfer agreement from the counter. He held it up for her to see. "You signed my

emembered scribbling her name, too distracted by Noa

whispered, her eyes wide with

smile touching his lips. "I j

. "I'm leaving, Chloe. The apartment is your

nding frozen in the middle of the life