Torn Check, Secret Baby: My Spectacular Comeback

Chapter 7

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assistant had arranged. She told me I had one hour and that

He was the last per

d lived for nearly two years. Everything looked t

opened the closet, and started thro

task. I shoved the hangers aside, igno

saw my spare toothbrush sitting next to his in a

er to see if I had left anything.

had once said he wanted to travel to

pages were pristine. He ha

at myself and tossed th

s I had bought, now stacked neatly in a corner on the

fed them one by one in

llow, I saw what was under

es, with the headline: The

up. I flipped to the f

a focused, disciplined, and

rter asked about his pla

support my career. We need to be partners who fight sid

that's what I

que, accompanied by a report of their "engagement." The headline read: A Power U

ady gotten to that point. M

ine shut and threw

more. I was afraid

, dragging the two heavy

at this luxurious p

e apartment buildi

the wealthy neighborhood

cede outside the window, gri

eens. I needed to tell them I had "broken up" and would be moving back in for a whil

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Call Me Cutie Romance

“For two years, I was the invisible woman behind Hale Jones, the star captain of the New York Rangers. I baked for him, warmed his bed, and thought we were building a life together. But one morning, he coldly handed me a six-figure check and told me to pack my things. "I need a relationship that benefits my public image. Someone who fits the role." He was getting engaged to a wealthy socialite, and I was just a liability he needed to pay off. I tore up his hush money and walked away, only to discover I was six weeks pregnant with his child. When I dragged my suitcases back to my parents' house, I wasn't welcomed with open arms. My father angrily blamed me for neglecting our family bakery for a man who just played me. To make matters worse, a ruthless corporate giant, the Mason Group, had just bought our building and was forcing our thirty-year-old family business onto the streets. I watched Hale and his new fiancée smiling on the news, hailed as the perfect power couple. Meanwhile, I was left with a broken heart, an unborn child, and a family on the brink of ruin. I had given up my entire life for a man who treated me like disposable garbage. Wiping away my tears, I blocked Hale's number completely. I swore I would raise this baby alone and fight the Mason Group to the bitter end.”