Abandoned Bride's Ruthless Comeback

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est post: a soft-focus selfie, eyes wide and glistening with what she hoped passed for vulnerability, captioned "Just another lonely night. So grateful for the f

My mind drifted back, years ago, to the first time I met Justice. The merger negotiations. Two titan

ntellect, had cut through it all. He walked over to me, in front of everyone, took my hand, and pressed a kiss to my knuckles

atement that had shocked everyone in the room. His own family, his advisors, even my father, ha

verything for that tech girl." And Justice, turning to them, a

So fiercely mine. And Kamala

n and trembling hands, draped in a silk that seemed too flimsy to hold her u

god-sister. Her father... he saved our family once. A life-debt." He'd introduced us, a st

her off to a passing servant. "Always has. It's a miracle she e

onstant neediness, how she monopolized his time, yet he knew her obscure allergies, the exact blend of tea to soothe her

on the verge of leaving me. "She needs

crackling with fury. "Are you seeing this, Clara? That manipulative little witch! Her Instagram post? 'Lonely nig

! Justice Keith, the man who once forgot your birthday, is

med to drain from my extremities. The shock of Ava' s words,

! You can't just let him do this to

stated, the words sounding

.. like, off off? Did he actually walk out during the vows again?" Her

ed, my voice a w

astard! And you're pregnant, Clara! What abo

aid, a bitter laugh escaping me. "Her 'go

being a weak-willed idiot, letting that pathetic parasite run his life!" Ava's voice was raw with indignation. "You're Clara

I corrected, a faint echo

our future, your child! Do you know what people are saying? That you're a doorma

the dark window. My eyes, once so full of a desperate, pleading love, were now hard, cold, a

e, Ava," I said, my voice g

gotten. "So what's the plan? Do we burn his em

almost ruthless woman staring back at me was a stranger, yet also profoundly

at are you saying?" Ava's voice was

ley. And I'm going to finish what Justice Keith started." My hand rested, protect