His Betrayal, Her Shattered Symphony

His Betrayal, Her Shattered Symphony

Su Liao

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I was a Grammy-winning musician, engaged to the love of my life, tech mogul Julian Watson. But on the night of my greatest triumph, he framed me for plagiarism to protect his secret lover, the pop starlet Kaylene Avila. He leaked my private journals, and the world turned on me. An enraged fan, fueled by his lies, attacked me, leaving a scar across my face and destroying my vocal cords forever. My grandfather died from the shock. I ran, changing my name and hiding for five years as a barista. But Julian found me. He threatened the kind old woman who'd given me a job and even my grandfather's grave. His price for their safety? I had to become Kaylene's ghostwriter. Trapped in a luxury apartment, I was a tool for their ambition. Kaylene, wearing a bracelet Julian once gave me, smirked as she handed me her terrible lyrics. "Don't worry, Annie," she purred. "Your voice might be gone, but your words can still be mine." But my usefulness ran out. Kaylene arranged for me to be beaten and left for dead. As I faded into darkness, I heard her final, chilling order to "make sure she's permanently out of the picture." What she didn't know was that my estranged sister, a federal prosecutor, had just found me. And she was about to fake my death.

Chapter 1

I was a Grammy-winning musician, engaged to the love of my life, tech mogul Julian Watson. But on the night of my greatest triumph, he framed me for plagiarism to protect his secret lover, the pop starlet Kaylene Avila.

He leaked my private journals, and the world turned on me. An enraged fan, fueled by his lies, attacked me, leaving a scar across my face and destroying my vocal cords forever. My grandfather died from the shock.

I ran, changing my name and hiding for five years as a barista. But Julian found me. He threatened the kind old woman who'd given me a job and even my grandfather's grave. His price for their safety? I had to become Kaylene's ghostwriter.

Trapped in a luxury apartment, I was a tool for their ambition. Kaylene, wearing a bracelet Julian once gave me, smirked as she handed me her terrible lyrics.

"Don't worry, Annie," she purred. "Your voice might be gone, but your words can still be mine."

But my usefulness ran out. Kaylene arranged for me to be beaten and left for dead. As I faded into darkness, I heard her final, chilling order to "make sure she's permanently out of the picture."

What she didn't know was that my estranged sister, a federal prosecutor, had just found me.

And she was about to fake my death.

Chapter 1

Annie Farley POV:

The Grammy award sat heavy in my hand, but the weight of Julian' s betrayal was crushing me, even before the whole world knew. It was the night my life ended, not began.

My name, Annie Farley, used to be synonymous with music, with heart. Now, it was a curse. Plagiarist. Saboteur. The words echoed in every corner of my mind, screamed from every headline. They were lies. All of it.

Julian Watson. My fiancé. The man I had loved since we were children, the tech mogul who held my future in his hands. He fed the rumors, fueled the fire. He leaked my private demo tapes, my most intimate lyrical drafts from my personal journals. All to protect Kaylene Avila, his secret lover, the pop starlet he falsely claimed I' d tried to ruin.

The world turned on me overnight. The public, a ravenous beast, tore me apart.

Then came the fan. Blinded by the media frenzy Julian created, he saw a monster, not a woman. His rage, sparked by Julian' s lies, found its target in my face, leaving a jagged scar from my temple to my jaw. And my voice, the one thing that defined me, ripped away, silenced forever by the damage to my vocal cords.

The news broke my grandfather. He raised me. He was my rock, my first fan. The shock, the grief, it was too much for his old heart. He died a week later. Alone.

My world shattered. I ran. I changed my name, buried Annie Farley, and became Anna Miller. A barista in a quiet, rain-soaked town in Oregon. Five years. Five years of anonymity. Five years of peace.

Until last week.

A customer in the coffee shop left a tablet open on the counter. Julian Watson' s face filled the screen. He was older, more distinguished, still radiating that manufactured charm.

The interviewer gushed about his unwavering love. Julian, with a sorrowful gaze that was probably practiced in front of a mirror, spoke of me. Annie. He claimed he was still waiting for me. Still loving me.

My blood ran cold. The coffee machine hissed, suddenly too loud.

Waiting for me? Loving me? The words were a brand, searing my skin every time he uttered them.

Julian Watson didn't wait for me that night. He threw me under a bus. He engineered my downfall. He picked apart my life, piece by piece, and handed it to the wolves.

His public declaration was a grotesque mockery. An act designed for absolution, not for me. He wanted to look like the heartbroken martyr, the man who never stopped loving his disgraced fiancée. It was a performance, and the world was buying tickets.

My fingers instinctively traced the raised line on my cheek, a constant reminder of the price I paid for his carefully constructed narrative. The scar wasn't just on my face; it was etched into my soul.

The headlines flashed again on the tablet screen: "Julian Watson's Enduring Love Story: Will Annie Farley Return?" People in the coffee shop whispered, their voices filled with a pathetic sympathy for him. They talked about his loyalty, his forgiveness.

They had no idea. They never would.

He wasn't waiting for me. He was waiting for a chance to control the narrative, to clean up his image. He was waiting for an opportunity to pull me back into the hell he created.

And deep down, in the pit of my stomach, a cold dread coiled. I knew this wasn't just a nostalgic interview. This wasn't just Julian reminiscing. This was a prelude. He was coming for me.

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