Betrayed Bride, Vengeful Heart

, my hand steady despite the fury c

utting through the quiet room. "Look at

lculation. It showed her deliberately ripping the shoulder of her dress. It showed h

ker of confusion in Liam' s eyes, a slight frown on Ethan' s face. For a single

ut a soft whimper. She stirred, looking up at Liam wi

er voice trembling. "Why are they showing

s all i

replaced by a surge of protective rage. He di

e you?"

om my hand. It hit the far wall with a sickening crack, the scre

nd connected

d echoed in the sterile room. My cheek stung, a hot, bloomi

ith fury. "You forge a video to frame an innocent wom

eamed, rushing to my side. "We

king her way. He was bigger than her,

thetic. Can' t accept that your fathers were disgu

is time, but they were tears of triump

bbed. "They' re scaring me. The

of my bloody wedding dress, pulling me so close I c

my face. "You will go home, you will wash the blood off your dress

was looking at me like I was something he' d scraped off the bottom of his shoe. The pain in my face was a dull ache, but the pain

er shoulders shaking with a mix

ce raw. "They are dead because of her lie! And you just

He glanced down at the floor, at an imagin

ripping with contempt. "And if you keep t

h school graduation. Ethan was talking about his corpse as if it were garbage. The casual cruelty of his words, the