The Heart I Gave The Love I Lost

Chapter 5

Perhaps fate had a cruel sense of humor, arranging for me to see Alexander one last time.

before the end..

I was oddly calm about the news, gently wiping away Rachel’s tears. “Stop crying. have three months.”

. I still

I refused to spend my final months in a hospital bed. After Rachel helped me check out, I used Alexander’s “funeral money” to buy myself a nice plot of land. Ironic – I could never afford my own home while alive, but thanks to my ex–husband’s contempt, I could at least have a permanent resting place.

I even visited the funeral home to choose my own arrangements: Rachel thought I was being morbid, but it felt strangely peaceful.

Back home, Rachel sent me a link with an urgent message: “You need to see this!”

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It was footage from that night at the gala. The video captured everything Emily kicking me, Alexander’s accusations, the wine being thrown at me as I knelt on the ground. The caption read:

abandoned him during his heart condition,

Everyone learned about the heartless ex–wife of America’s latest tech billionaire. The comments

“She d

begging for money when he’s rich? Pathetic!” “She’s not borrowing money, she’s extorting

sleuths dug up my address. People threw paint at my door, left garbage outside. I’d become public enemy number

silent. I knew exactly who was behind this.

was desperate to defend me, but what was the point? We had

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would believe us. They’d just

text: “Star Heights Building, coffee

around her coffee cup, her red lips curved in a vicious smile. “Well, well… if it isn’t the infamous Sarah. From CEO’s wife to viral disgrace – quite

are you doing

you. Get it straight – you’re just the ex who abandoned him. Everything he has now, we built together. I’m

long silence, I met her eyes. “At least

“Then go tell him. See who he believes the heartless. ex–wife or the woman who stood by