Shattered Vows, Unspoken Love

After I saved her from a fire, I became the sole caregiver for her com

d told the world our marriage was just

o call her, but her ex-fiancé-the man who a

ith his child, while her mot

y. Her lover screamed that it was my fault, an

er. I though

n me over. Isabella pushed me out of the way, taking the

s yours, Izzy. He

pte

screen. "The Tech Titan and the Six-Year Secr

abella, his wife, looked confident and poised in a sharp bus

aders are curious about your husband, Israel Clark. He saved you from th

"Israel is a kind man. I was grateful, and he was the

in the air. "But gratitude isn't lo

rs. Six years of devotion, of caring not just for her, but for

laugh build in his ches

ction under the

her husband a charit

tude? That's one lo

bly still think

white. He didn' t need to read any more. The public humiliat

here was nothing left to pretend for. He walked to the window,

as o

ers moving with a new, cold purpose. He

it's I

ou see Isabella's inter

d, his voice flat. "I need y

n the other end of the line.

. I want it done b

ou sure? This

re of anything in my lif

alking down the hallway. He pushed open the door to the maste

g of her life support machines. For six years, this room had been the center of Israel' s world. He

his movements gentle and practiced. H

thick. "I guess you heard. Or maybe not.

n-law's face. She was the only one he could talk to, the onl

She told everyone that she never l

I always knew. I just didn't want to believe it. I thought if

king his head. What

et. I have to. I can

e you're taken care of. I promise. But I ca

ment. He had built his entire life around these two women, and now, he was walking away. But

rriage for a long time. The only difference

different time, before the fire, before the gratitude. A time when he had firs

etime