er own husband married the woman she called her sister. She was supposed to keep him company while he played the de

ove as the Logan family's cherished daughter for over two decades. And now

a hint of resistance, she was brand

amily notification away, and the screen settled on the previous text in

reread it to know e

d stole everything that was rightfully mine. Tonight, I am proving to you with absolute certainty tha

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e, his head bowed in complete devotion, carefully slipping a c

followed the photo,

yson will only ever b

decade for me at the McCormick private man

ead of taunts, a self-deprec

a straight face, that he only v

w lavishing a level of romantic devotion and tenderness on his "sister" that Corina had never experienced. He

hered, burning the edges of her eyes, but Corina bit th

ctacularly. If she broke down and cr

e turned on her heel, leaving the manor, burying every last shred of the lov

she had repaid that debt by g

she would not waste anot

t the McCormick penthouse, the city wa

on-dollar apartment was de

memory, walking straight into the master bedroom. She opened her bedside drawer

the moment she'd first received Kate's te

hope that there was a misunderstanding. But the events of tonight had

ng windows, she uncapped a pen and, with firm, unwavering strokes,

sentials. As she reached for a sweater, her hand brush

isiting three different artisanal workshops in Italy just to source the perfect, flaw

ked up the unopened box and tosse

her, once tainted by his lies and betr

ation immediately pinged. It was an encrypted messag

to keep an eye on has finally shown some move

en, a long-dormant, razor-sharp l

financial sector. They wanted her to be a proper society wife, supporting Jayson from the shadows. To please him, she had buried h

one it al

me to take eve

AM. I will be at the offi

s, permanently blocked Jayson's number, and d

had brought into this marriage. She sent a brief email to Jayson'

had lived in for three years, Corina walked out th