Beyond Betrayal: Our Unexpected Love Story

powerful fiancé, Crawford Pierce, and a revolutionary projec

my stepsister, Brittany, telling m

e sobbed. "We have a conne

ancé, walked past my bed without a glance, placed a hand on her stomach, and asked if the baby was okay. They

me to scream and fall apart. They saw me as an obstacle to be

limpse into a future where I fought them and lost everything. So I didn't give them the fight they wanted. I gave them a

pte

Rober

as my stepsister, Brittany, telling me s

rough the fog of painkillers and the rhythmic b

ry, Althea.

pain that felt like my entire world was being ripped apart. Then, a flash. A vision so vivid it felt more real than the memory of the crash itself: Brittany, standing besi

r

hand gripping mine. It felt cold. "I love him. I never, ever meant to h

n't stopped with the press conference. It showed me fighting them, trying to reclaim what wa

ropping as if sharing a dirty secret. "We wanted to tell you, but there was

you make me give him up, Althea, you' ll be tearing a family apart before it

Rodgers, walked in. His gaze landed on Brittany, his expression

rting arm around her slumped shoulders. "There

everything. Look, these things happen. You' re a strong woman. You can find someone else. Pierce

My life, my love, my future-all just assets

rittany whimpered into his

oothed, stroking her blonde hair

ter too. The illegitimate one, the product of an affair he' d rather forget, a constant, quiet reminder of his pa

. Her grief wasn't real. Her eyes, red-rimmed and swollen, held a

psister who had fallen

kn

ere our project made us the undisputed power couple of the industry, where she was left in the dus

on. She wasn't just taking my fiancé; she was executing a pre

the hospital-it was all a cage closing in around me. They expected me to fight, t

ath, the movement pulling

dn' t

face etched with a look of conflicted gravity. He looked from my bandaged head to Brittany' s tear-s

ilent on the linoleum floor, and stopped in

entle hand on

e baby