He threw money on the bed after our one-night stand.
I threw it back in his face at his own inauguration.
By sundown, we were engaged. By the week's end — married.
Franklin Flemington needed a wife to secure his empire. I needed a miracle to save my family. For two years, we played our parts flawlessly — the golden couple the whole city envied.
Behind closed doors, I was invisible to him.
When the two years were up, I handed him divorce papers without blinking.
He stared at me like I'd lost my mind. "I've given you everything a husband should. What more do you want from me, Octavia?"
I smiled, signed my name, and walked out.
I thought that was the end. I thought I'd finally won.
I forgot one thing — Franklin Flemington has never lost anything in his life. And he has no intention of starting with me.
Game on.

I stood in the doorway of the executive lounge. The staff cleared and went back to their various positions upon my arrival.


Seeing Bella standing there, alive and breathing in the middle of my company, felt like a physical blow to my chest. Every instinct inside me screamed to storm across the room, grab her by her expensive white coat, and throw her out of the building myself. I wanted to protect Octavia. I wanted to protect our unborn baby from the venom radiating off this woman.


But I had to reign in my fury. I had to force the hot, blinding anger down into the pit of my stomach, locking it away behind a mask of absolute, icy calm.


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