The Man Who Abandoned Her Love

Chase asked me later,

really looked at

bout the party. Everyone was just havi

e humilia

," he snapped. "You used to b

picked up my glass of wine, the one he hadn't ca

Then I dropped the glass. It shattered on the

one s

aving,"

rs digging into my skin. "What th

," I announced to t

at? Where are you going to go, Clare? Back to that hic

time. It felt like breaking ice.

pulling me into a secluded alcove.

soothing, but the anger was si

he were granting me a great favor. "We'll go ho

" I

more understandi

here was nothing left inside me for him. No love,

ainst his chest. I could hear his heart beat

"Karis is really fragile right now. I promised I'd take her on a tri

we were supposed to

the baby. When I get back, we'll forget all this drama and get married. You

rous. He thought he was givi

et him hold me, let

of my compliance. He gave my head a

ched him go, a strange calm settling over me. He was going on my

he designer clothes he'd bought me. I realized they were all in styles K

life fit into on

we had shared for a dec

ropical paradise with Karis. I knew because she posted a pi

sharp pain shot through me. It was more than physical. It was the pain of a life

sed m

nside me was profound. I touche

from Karis. Her and Chase on a beach,

e room at the facility, ignoring the flood of messa

is wedding was tomorrow. B