y front door of the penthouse swung open
uch brusque force that his shoulder clipped mine as h
d him clo
lk-in closets, carelessly throwing my silk dresse
oing?" I asked,
row of my dresses aside. "Elena is getting an IV drip at the clin
cold, sterile clinic room I was in just yesterday. I thought abou
g how my voice trembled. "You promised yo
phina," he snapped, finally pulling the cashmere bla
that had borne the weight of his neglect, gave a soft, fi
throat, raw and violent. "How could you abandon me when I was
ed at me, his eyes filled wi
ck, his voice echoing off the walls. "You are being comp
et into a black duffel bag, zi
h, forcing him to stop
reaking on his name. "Honor your vow of
nother word. He walked out of the
My two packed suitcases we
my suitcase out of his way. The heavy bag skidded across th
r," he threw callous
hind him. The sound echoed through the
dden silence of the apartment was a roaring in my e
gs burned and my thr
out my phone and opened our
ing back ton
e
me if you are
e
nce
failed
ed notification icon. He had actu
hand, a cold, hard resolve settling deep in my
final, dam
e betrothal
against the sofa's velvet, I rose. The worn leather handles of my battered suitcases fe
t wind whipped my hair across my face as I clea
er night wind howling around me, I
isive keystrokes, I permanently erased my biometric data from the security
the one monitored by every family in the
nt is officially disso
last tie to him. I climbed the meta
into the dark night sky, pulling me far away from the city and the man who had broken me. I cl
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