ger living a simple l
my doorstep: a man with no
and during those months, we
ld be his only wife, carving a wooden
day a sleek black sedan cr
ice like ice, declaring, "My
y Ethan Ashford, a powerful man fro
thought, his promises dismissed
ar check, coldly telling me to vanish
iancée, became gravely ill, and Ethan coercivel
heir lavish pre-wedding parties,
ned my hand and then feigned dist
to speak up, his own mother had
just watched, telling me
me everything become this cruel
enient illusion for him, easily disc
ed aside, while he returned to his o
t, I took the money and boarded a bus,
myself saving the life of a bleeding, unconscious man-a four-star general-u