Chapter 1 Heartbroken

Charlotte had crashed her car.

As she lay on the operating table, all she could think about was the photo she’d seen right before the accident.

The one of Arthur holding another woman, looking at her like she meant everything to him.

She couldn’t get it out of her head – how gently he held her, the way his eyes lit up.

She’d been so shocked looking at it, she didn’t even see the other car coming.

She might be his wife, but that woman was clearly the one he truly loved.

Five years of marriage, and he’d never once looked at Charlotte that way.

Just thinking about it made her chest

ache.

Now his first love was back in the picture, and Charlotte had to wonder if she even mattered to him anymore.

crossed her mind. She needed to know

her at all.

her eyes, she was met with a stark

a deep, cold voice said from

to see a face set

stone.

were sharp and chiseled, his expression impossible to read. Though his eyes seemed capable

confused. “Who

looked around, lost.

his seemed to pierce right

of his stare,

like that?” Her voice quivered, not entirely

voice as cold as ever. “Nothing. And…

words hit her like physical blows. Each syllable carved new wounds into her heart, deeper than any knife could reach. Five years – five years of marriage, of carefully molding

to “friend”

breath.

years of love and devotion

the door opened, and a young boy who looked just like

Julius

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