o see the divorce papers all signed. There was no panic on my face at all,

e and smiled down at

d too." His voice was cold and sharp. "Unlike you, who could never give me a child, Sop

citement. She hadn't expecte

o understand, sister. You can't force someone to love

g into pieces. It would have been okay if he just replaced me - I had no hope left for Mar

y heart with

t. The smell of Sophia's expensiv

was full of mockery. "If you want, I

," I whispered

I just needed to get away from them. But as I rushed through the glass doors outside

ught me and held me tight, stop

lurry, tear-filled eyes

ase forgive me...

N

rson who caught me. It was a man wearing a black mask that covered

or my loss." He pointed to the spilled coffee

purse, trying to find some

cake shop near the offic

e me stop crying as I

t have any money, and I have no family to pay ransom for me. Also, I

stpone the kidnapp

you really goin

ing under his breath that sounded like, 'Even if I wa

did yo

. Let's

before ordering what looked like a whole buffet - raspberry cheesecake,

e my favorites. We got a table by the wind

y, just thinking about how much money all this food cost. J

t like

completely disappeared, and I

ha

s?" Even though I couldn't see his whole face, I could hear his voic

re making me drool over all the food, so I dove in without caring ab

tongue like heaven. For the first ti

ing everything, the man's phon

r. Now I have to go." He stood up

and I had been eating with him like we were old fri

ther?" I asked him quickly

with that mysterious

a bouquet of beautiful yellow

e the wrong person.

y the gentleman who was with you." The waiter smiled kindly. "Also, you now have a lifetim

like sunshine and hope. Just then, I saw

a, Ava~ Your frie

h caught in my throat as my

minic Moretti - Marcus's older brother who ha

ng about me obsessively. The very next morning, he ordered his assistant to find

ht go and who I might talk to, Marcus sea

was still there, untouched. Most of the designer dresses still had their tags on them. Only a few regul

urn all my things, but seeing all the u

d she leave all this behind?" Marcus muttered

e for our first anniversary - still in its box. The

t fell out from bet

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wed it was from two years ago - right around the time I had