PART 2: THIS TIME I DIDN’T BECOME HIS WIFE
Adrian stared at me for several seconds. “You’re not going?” “No.” “The commander’s family will be there.” “I know.” “Everyone already knows you’re my fiancée.” I closed…
PART 2: THE FORTUNE HE NEVER TOUCHED
I got home before Ethan. For six years, I had walked through that front door believing it led into our marriage. That night, it looked different. The…
PART 2: THE WEDDING WAS MY TRAP
I raised the microphone. For several seconds, I said nothing. The hall was so quiet that I could hear the faint hum of the speakers. Co Thua…
PART 2: HE THOUGHT I WOULD FOLLOW
For the next week, Noah lived inside a future that did not include the possibility of losing me. He talked about Boston apartments. American research grants. Which…
PART 2: THE WOMAN HE THOUGHT WAS WORTH NOTHING
Alexander learned that I had signed the divorce twelve hours later. He was in Paris. I knew because Victoria placed her tablet beside my hospital bed. “Mr….
PART 2: SHE LEFT WITHOUT HIS NAME
Mrs. Pho’s expression darkened. “That necklace is not an ordinary piece of jewelry. It is passed to the wife of the family heir.” Pho Tram Chu frowned….
PART 2: THE SIGNATURE THAT WASN’T MINE
Ethan stared at the forged divorce papers. Then he looked at Rachel. Then at me. For several seconds, nobody spoke. Olivia was the first to break the…
PART 2: THE WOMAN HE THREW AWAY
Three days after I signed the divorce papers, Alexander called me. I almost didn’t recognize his number. For three years, his name had been pinned at the…
PART 2: THE SON HE TOLD HER TO ERASE
Nathaniel read the note three times. “You didn’t kill my son because you were late.” Then he crushed the paper in his fist. “Find her.” His security…
PART 2: THE CLAUSE THEY FEARED
For the first time since entering my hospital room, nobody in the Kang family spoke. The two investigators showed their identification. The older one looked toward Tae-jun’s…