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.

She needed to know if he still

her at all.

with a stark white ceiling, and

a deep, cold voice said from beside

turned to see a face set

stone.

were sharp and chiseled, his expression impossible to read. Though his eyes seemed capable of warmth, they held none of it now as

confused. “Who

lost.

of his seemed to pierce right

to bear the weight of his stare, Charlotte retreated

not entirely an act. Even now, after everything, his presence could unsettle her so

as ever. “Nothing.

any knife could reach. Five years – five years

it reduced to “friend” in

breath.

years of love and devotion

the door opened, and a young boy

was Julius Harrison,

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