firms Relationship with Rising Tech Star Chloe Davis. The statement was carefully worded, speak

ift and brutal. The commen

ing and all she got was rep

ect. She put her career on hold fo

s. Throws away a diamon

wildly away from him. He was the villain.

out," he raged to Chloe, scrolling through the comments on

rs. "They're just jealous. We're happy. That's all that matters

s, making him look bad to punish him. He thought, She's trying to ruin my reputation because I

nd of Anya, finding her too independent. But she disliked Chloe even more. "Liam, what is g

happy," Li

ied to Anya after all this time?" she demanded. "Eigh

he needed to focus on the company. The truth was, he liked the arrangement as it was. He had all the benefits of a wife wi

ou need to fix this, Liam," she said before h

His mother was disappointed. And Anya... Anya was still silent. The silence was begin

growing panic seizing him. He finally found her standing on the balcony, her back to him, looking out at the city. He ran towards her, relieved, but when she turned

she couldn't reach the deep, gnawing emptiness that was starting to consume him. He found himself comparing her to Anya. Chloe's laugh was a little

tly invested in them because she believed in their vision. She never told him until months later, when the

, public proposal. It would show the world, and Anya, that he was serious. It would prove his happi

e ever worn. He planned to propose at the upcoming Tech Innovators Gala. It would be a