Too Late, Mr. White! I'm Married To Your Rival Now

a's

in medication slowly dulled the throbbing in my body. The physical pain, how

ther arrived, I was crying out in pain, my wedding dress soiled and torn. The sight of me-

his arms despite the paramedics' protests. His voice had cra

alright. Nothing would

st some scrapes, bruises, and minor sprains that would

t me, my father unleashed twelve ye

her bleeding on the ground. And now you dare show your faces here?" Hi

y father wouldn't hear it. He physically pushed them out of the doorwa

her hand tightly clasped around mine. Her no

rough her phone. "How could he do this to

ppened was still sinking in. Liam had left me.

ian reached for it before I could, but her sha

I asked, my voice ba

"Nothing import

aid firmly, extendin

ayed a news alert: "Breaking: Liam White Seen Entering So

is hand shamelessly pressed to her waist, her head nestled on his shoulder like she belonged there. Another shot-through the window

lipped from my hand, but the imag

han to Lillian. "All these years, I was just... co

id fiercely. "You're worth t

d that when it came down to it, Sophia would always be Liam's first choice. I had been

vy and suffocating, until it was

Weak. S

her's

-a t

out, panic ris

oor and flung it open.

that shot through my body. My father lay on th

pping to my knees beside him. "

ping as they called out instructions. My father was quickly placed on a gurn

her voice lacked conviction. "It's probably ju

was tall and imposing, with sharp features and a commanding presence that immediately dre

lly, but his reputation preceded him. At just thirty-two, he'd taken over as CEO of Carter Group five years ago and had transformed it into

s he do

ealized with a start that Aiden

ked, his voice deep

ionally drained to questi

onfirmed. "And this is m

I replied cautiously

y hospital room. "Ma

been anything but normal, and my capacity for rational thought w

, Aiden Carter got s

it you," he stated matter-of-factly. "I swer

ssing his words. "You.

able. "I'd like to offer compensation

r the day I'd had. No false sympathy, no

ran into the road without looking. If anything, I

crossed his face, so b

one buzzed. This time, it was

to hurt you, but you know he's been in love with me for years. He only stayed because h

she stolen the man I loved, but now she was reaching out to me for absolu

standing girlfriend, always putting his needs first. And where had it gotten me? Alone in a hospital room, my

d him; Liam despised him. There was a strange symmetry to it all-how the man Liam hate

ly, a wild idea took shape in my mind - perhaps

urprisingly steady, "there is

d an eyebro

rry

betrayal he'll n