, and Liam, a rising tech executive, was my whole world. I thought we were heading for marriage. I had

him on the

wrapped tightly around her, and he leaned in, his lips finding hers in a deep, passionate kiss that left no room for doubt. The crowd roared, thinking it was just some spo

ie of her and Liam, his arm still around her, both of them beaming. The caption read: "Best birthday gift ever from the

ights blurring through my tears. I didn't know where I was going, I just needed to move,

, searing pain,

in a chair by the bed, completely absorbed in his phone. A soft, unfamiliar s

voice was

ifting to one of mild annoyance

d you'd be fine. Just a mild

, like he was talki

?" I asked, my

. I didn't see you." He said it so simply, wit

erence, of the kiss, c

you?" I whispered, the

unreadable in his eyes. He stood up

I'm her subordinate. You must

ave a meeting. I have to go.

issive lie and then he was gone. He was just her boss? After I saw them kissing on a giant

y me, he was trying to erase me. Erase five years of my life. He wa

dside table. I scrolled through my contacts, past my friends,

me a way out before, a different life, through an arranged marriage with a family friend's son. I h

button. He answered

What's

firm. "About that marriage you mentio

on the other end. "Yes. It

white walls of the hospital room. "I'm mo

il was cold and professional. "Resignation? Chloe, I understand you're recovering, but we're your employers. You've been play

at he was only ever my boss. He knew I wasn'

kind smile. "He told me all about your little memory lapse. He said you might not reme

man with amnesia. He wasn't just erasing our past, he was trying to control my present, to manipulate the situation to his advantage. He had always hidd

n that hospital room. It was replaced by a cold, hard res

um, with a note that just said "For your recovery." He tried to call. He sent texts as

not only replaced me in his bed, he had replaced me at my desk. My new boss was the woman he had cheated on me with. The humiliation was