We Burnt His Empire Down Together

n I'd loved for ten years. He'd booked the city's most exclusive pen

nedy, revealed the truth: she was flying in to confro

the very thing I despised after my family was destro

d to ruin my career and expose me.

was just a stand-in for his dead first love - a gh

with his wife, and together, we decide

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Cameron proposed. Instead, the morning broug

ss and checked my reflection. Today was my milestone. Cameron Roberts-the man I'd secretly loved from across a college quad ten years ago, the ma

pagne, candlelight, a velvet box with a d

nnedy Baird. My best friend of f

p. "Hey, stranger! H

worldly calm-cracked with urgency. "Kacy, I

is. She managed her family's European empire

e spat. "My husban

a rock. "Cheating?" I repeat

ffair had driven my mother to suicide when I was sixteen. I'd built my en

h birthday tonight. I need your help. Loo

silhouette was unmistakable. The way he

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here? I'm coming

I managed, my

meron had handed me his corporate credit card last week, asking me to pick up

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it. For me. Fo

ad. If Kennedy's husband was also celebrating his mistress's 30th b

thday, gorgeous! So excited for toni

e word echoed, ho

dy-pale, red-rimmed, designer bag still slu

God." She threw h

her tremble. But my mind wa

e picture again. The

one, scrolling. "Here

eaving a hotel. Camer

d. My vision swa

g my head. "No, this is w

. "It's right there. My husband, Cameron Roberts." She paused, her eyes widening sli

s future. All of it was a lie. I was unknowingly the other woman-the very

friend's face. The wor

the mistress? And what would b