“Nathan, didn’t you say I was disgusting?” Sophia struggled against him, her voice breaking. “So what are you doing now?”
She tried to fight him off, but he grabbed her wrists and pinned them down.
“What’s with the act?” His voice was pure venom. “You seemed pretty into it in your little dream.”
Each word hit like a slap.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going to actually touch you.” His smile was twisted, cruel. “I just wanted to see how low you could go.”
But he didn’t stop. He pressed against her, fully clothed, like he wanted to destroy her without giving her anything real.
Time blurred. When he finally pulled away, Sophia felt shattered.
After he left, she heard him making calls in the hallway. Within an hour, giggling voices filled the room next door. Young. Multiple women.
Sophia lay there listening to her husband’s twisted form of payback, staring at nothing.
The silence inside her was deafening.
She and Nathan had grown up together. Childhood sweethearts from the same elite circle.
Their families had arranged their engagement when they were barely three years old, cementing what everyone assumed would be a perfect match.
Growing up, they were always together. Everyone at school, everyone in their social circle–they all saw Nathan and Sophia as the meant to be perfect couple.
However, everything changed on her eighteenth birthday.
That night, Nathan had rented out the Plaza’s grand ballroom and invited everyone from their school–everyone except her. He’d bought every rose in the city, created this massive, romantic spectacle.
All to confess his love to some girl named Summer: “I can’t be with you in this life, but I swear I’ll find you in the
next one.”
Sophia had watched it all unfold from the doorway, invisible and heartbroken.
She broke up with him that same night. Called off the engagement. Her parents were furious, but she didn’t care.
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Chapter 3
After the breakup, it took her a full year to feel like herself again.
That’s when she met Lucas. He was still just the Mitchell family’s secret back then–the son they didn’t acknowledge.
Lucas was the complete opposite of Nathan. No silver spoon attitude, no entitled rich boy act.
He actually gave a damn about her feelings. Three years together, and he never once made her cry.
Lucas had been everything she needed.
Yet such a perfect man was been threw away by her…
ust thinking about what went down five years ago made her hands start shaking again. She clenched them into
ists, trying to make it stop.
he realized that–it was indeed time to get out of this city.
Jathan didn’t love her. Lucas, who used to treat her like she was everything, didn’t love her anymore either.
he people who’d loved her most–her parents–well, Mom was gone, Dad had Alzheimer’s and barely recognized
er these days.
nd she’d just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
Vorse, her memory was starting to fade too, just like Dad’s…
Whatever time she had left, she needed to make it count.
he next morning, Sophia sat across from a lawyer, asking him to draw up divorce papers.
fter she laid out her terms, he looked at her like she’d completely lost it.
Ms. Williams, based on your husband’s net worth, you’re entitled to at least two billion in the divorce. You sure you rant to walk away with nothing?”
ophia nodded, her voice steady. “I’m sure.”
When she married Nathan, her family was already broke, She’d brought nothing to the table,
he wasn’t going to leave with what was never hers in the first place.
ophia had barely left the law office when her phone buzzed. It was from Margaret, Dad’s caregiver at the nursing
ome.
Sophia, your father’s gone missing!”
‘he words hit her like ice water. Everything went quiet in her head.
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Chapter 3
Dad had developed Alzheimer’s after Mom died and the company went under. He’d been quiet, stable at the facility for months. Why would he suddenly disappear?
She was already running to her car when another call came through. Lucas,
Come pick up your father.”
Sophia froze. How did Dad end up with Laicas?
I’ll be right there…”
the hung up and rushed to the address Lucas sent her..
When she rushed over, she saw her father sitting on the ground, blocked by a group of bodyguards, while Lucas sat in the sofa with a dark expression.
ophia quickly helped her father to his feet. “Dad, what are you doing here?”
ler father’s face brightened when he saw her. “Sophia! You need to tell Lucas you’ll marry him. Ask him to save the ompany. Your grandfather built Williams Industries–we can’t let it fall.”
learing that, Lucas let out a bitter laugh, his eyes cold.
Like father, like daughter. You’re both the same kind of gold diggers.”
lis voice turned sharp.” But as a married woman, what’s your game plan for landing husband number two?”
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