Too Late, Mr. Thorne

Too Late, Mr. Thorne

Gavin

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For ten years, I was Sarah, the billionaire tech mogul Alex Thorne's secret girlfriend, a ghost hidden away while he built his empire. I toiled in his marketing department, hoping one day he'd make us public. But then my father, my only family, was dying, needing a treatment I couldn't afford. Alex wouldn't see me, not even for an emergency, and my father died waiting. Heartbroken, I went to his penthouse to collect my things, only to find his icy COO, Jessica, lounging on his bed, wearing my silk robe. Alex emerged, unfazed, then Jessica smirked, confessing she'd methodically sabotaged my career for a decade, suppressing my pay, blocking my promotions. To my horror, Alex dismissed my ten years with him as a mere "transaction," calling me a "liability" and siding with the woman who gleefully admitted destroying my life. The man I loved, the man who could've saved my father with pocket change, had allowed this calculated cruelty to unfold. How could my loyalty and love be so profoundly worthless to him? But a quiet strength surged. I raged, not about his money, but his fraud, his betrayal of a decade of my life. Then, a surprising proposal from my childhood friend, David, offered a lifeline. I quit, and with a defiant click, posted my wedding invitation, marrying David in seven days, announcing a true new chapter to Alex's entire company. They threatened, slandered, but I was done being quiet; I had my own truth to tell, a new life to build, and this time, it was all mine.

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For ten years, I was Sarah, the billionaire tech mogul Alex Thorne's secret girlfriend, a ghost hidden away while he built his empire.

I toiled in his marketing department, hoping one day he'd make us public.

But then my father, my only family, was dying, needing a treatment I couldn't afford.

Alex wouldn't see me, not even for an emergency, and my father died waiting.

Heartbroken, I went to his penthouse to collect my things, only to find his icy COO, Jessica, lounging on his bed, wearing my silk robe.

Alex emerged, unfazed, then Jessica smirked, confessing she'd methodically sabotaged my career for a decade, suppressing my pay, blocking my promotions.

To my horror, Alex dismissed my ten years with him as a mere "transaction," calling me a "liability" and siding with the woman who gleefully admitted destroying my life.

The man I loved, the man who could've saved my father with pocket change, had allowed this calculated cruelty to unfold.

How could my loyalty and love be so profoundly worthless to him?

But a quiet strength surged.

I raged, not about his money, but his fraud, his betrayal of a decade of my life.

Then, a surprising proposal from my childhood friend, David, offered a lifeline.

I quit, and with a defiant click, posted my wedding invitation, marrying David in seven days, announcing a true new chapter to Alex's entire company.

They threatened, slandered, but I was done being quiet; I had my own truth to tell, a new life to build, and this time, it was all mine.

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