Three Years, One Cruel Lie

es and colder money, had tried to buy me off. Jaxon had stormed into their mansion, declared that I was th

y hero, my one tru

How fleeting hi

that moment to swoon, collapsing dramatically in his arms. He didn' t h

is shoulder. "I' ll send someo

g my father' s medal. I saw Krystal peek over his shoulder as they left, a

ecoming my second home. I lay in the sterile wh

d haggard, but his eyes... his eyes were what

oice laced with a false, pitying concern. "I think it' s best if y

fection that for a split second, I almost fel

share with your wife? To the life where I don' t exist?" I h

yes. "Alina, it' s complicated. I ha

nd he' d given me, the one I' d worn on a chain around my neck for three years. I had

ossed it out the open window.

d speak, a nurse bustled in. "Mr. Francis, your

te. He turned and left

ive supplements, all of which I threw in the trash. The day I was discharge

t. My heart

l Gomez, wife of Nexus Corp CEO, accuse

aw,' and my composition, a piece I had labored over for months in the

-climbing parasite. Someone had leaked that I had a history with Jaxon, and

one. Krystal hadn' t just stolen my mu

ation giving me strength. I had t

his company headquarters. He stood at a podium, Krysta

aseless and cruel. As for Ms. Phillips... I have known her for many years. She is a talented, but troubled

ng me. Publicly.

y knees on the cold pavement. He