Her Revenge, His Undying Love

me in less t

tandby at Teterboro. Send me the patient de

e in an ocean of pain. Ethan was rel

et her to the airport. The transfer n

it. Just get her th

age Liam had built for me. "I have a few things to tak

afe,

time, I could breathe. I walked to the window, looking down at the c

storage. Then I printed a termination of engagement contract. A

ant smile, dressed in a silk robe,

Her eyes scanned me, taking in my di

my voice flat. I held out the termi

ose. "Giving up so easily? I tho

traight in the eye. "Enjoy being the other woman who finall

ity was built on being a Preston, a society darling. Th

still don't get it, do you?" She took a sip of her champagne. "There

at her,

said, her voice dripping with venom. "The one that wo

Completely worthless. I had my family's lawyer draft a dummy versi

year engagement, the power he held over me, the fear that had kep

istic pleasure. "He's known for a year. He just enjo

our future, to our "protection." He had held me close, whispering how much he loved me, ho

inged laugh. I laughed until tears streamed down my face, until my s

ssion turning from triumph

, cold and clear. "Thank you, Chloe. You'v

suddenly afraid. I drove back to the penthouse I had once called home. The

ersary, and smashed it against the marble fireplace. I tore his expensive suits from their hangers, letting th

ng him. I was performing a

am walked in, stopping de

the hell ar

ft. Chloe stood behind him, clutching a sle

back at him. "I'm holding a memorial

rstanding. Chloe, ho

, trying to smooth things over. He held out th

find at a street fair. It was cheap. An afterthought. He used to spend h

in Chloe's hands. The cont

dow and dropped the box without a second glan

face ti

n her face. "Ava, I have something for you t

e a thick ma

" he said, his eyes on me, challenging me. "Chloe did so well today."

d the e

. On our sofa. In the shower. The dates were stamped in the corners, spanning the last year a

lungs. The cheap jewelry box, the canceled weddings, the cons

rgency exit. I pushed the door open and collapsed onto the cold concrete of t

d Chloe, their voices rising in shared, triumphant la