After Dumping the Billionaire, the Genius Surgeon Makes a Powerful Comeback

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r, Mia, had begged for at every toy-store window this year. The plastic curled and bubbled

very second

retty woman standing two steps behind Xavier Harrington at every gal

at I was the most brilliant protégé of Dr. Ambrose Voss, the most renowned figure in American medic

ier, I burie

ut meeting my eyes, "I don't need a wife holding a

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anniversary. A day I had sta

y had apparen

econd, I thought she would say, "Happy anniversary, Mommy." Instead, she ch

ie, his eyes never meeting mine in the mirror. "Savannah's exhi

I-a housewife-had no place at all in the dazzling

d opened Xavier's social media. His a

n his face was one I hadn't seen directed at me in years: pure, undiluted pri

on winning the 'New-Wave Designer of the Year' award! A special thanks t

on the words "unw

awards ceremony. An event far more import

my heart, spreading through my ve

dark screen reflected a woman

dle, shaped like the number "5," stood proudly in the center. I struck a ma

For five years, my wis

thin curl of smoke rose, carrying the last c

the cufflinks, and-without a second o

the prin

the flames, one keepsake at a time, wa

every bit of the cold, carefully prepared food into the trash. The Beef Wellington. The t

d never known settled over me. No

e, and the thought I had buried so deep-the one

all, toward the study. A place I hadn't set foot in fo

was time to

e curtains. The growl of a car in the driveway. The front do

daughter's voice ran

shiny! You're so much more useful than Mommy

braced against the wall. That was my daught

ocence. "Mia, don't say that about your mother. She's done so much for t

band-low, sooth

You earned this. And besides,

t telling

and laughed silently