mother called me. Her

rilled. Have you two talked more about setting a date? My hu

this grotesque play, pushing for a marriage that would be my death sentence. I

immediately ca

dose of skepticism, had never fully trusted Liam. He found him too smooth, too perfect

oice tight. "We need

comforting anchor in my swirling chaos. I told him everything. I showed him the

ssion growing grimmer with every word. My mother s

s eyes filled with a grim understanding. "I knew it," he s

d. It was designed to protect not just the family assets, but my personal fortune as wel

s lawyer presented the document a few months

he had asked, his voice thick with false sincerity.

rated greed and frustration. It was gone in an instant, replaced by his usual charmin

knew b

ealth the easy way, through marriage. So he and Chloe had devised a new plan. A pla

me, to erase me, and then feast on the ruins of my life and my family's grief. They saw me not as a

my father, at his resolute face, and at my mother,

and twisted story. Liam Parker thought he was hunting a

this," I said, my voice low a

on my shoulder. "We' re with

ld not just survive. I would orchestrate their downfall. I would make them p