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“You were always our family’s greatest shame, so don’t even think about sitting at the front tables,” my mother told me at my sister’s luxury wedding, forcing me to stand in the rain outside with my little girl. Minutes later, my husband arrived in a black-suited convoy, took one look at our soaking wet daughter, and locked eyes with the wealthy groom who had mocked us. “Kneel and apologize to my princess,” my husband demanded, and as the guards drew their weapons, the arrogant groom dropped straight to his knees in front of all three hundred guests.

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like a guillotine dropping.

The destruction of Ryan’s empire was complete.

Chapter 5: The Collapse of an Empire

For ten agonizing seconds, the only sound in the sprawling garden of Villa del Sol was the gentle splashing of the koi fountain—the very fountain I had been pushed into.

Then, Ryan’s phone began to vibrate violently in his pocket. Then his best continue reading …

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