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(Bella’s POV) I stayed against the door for several seconds after Aiden’s car disappeared from the street, staring at the ring on my finger as though it belonged to someone else. The diamond caught the light from the hallway and threw a small reflection against the wall. I lifted my hand, turning it from side to side, trying to understand how something so beautiful could make me feel so uneasy. It was fake. I reminded myself of that again. Aiden and I weren't engaged. We weren't in love. We didn't plan a future together at all. There was no real wedding waiting for us at the end of this ridiculous arrangement. There was only one problem. His mother didn't know that. And judging by the excitement in her voice tonight, she had already built an entire future around us. I sighed and walked away from the door, finally walking toward the stairs. My heels were still in my hand, and I dropped them beside the first step before climbing upstairs barefoot. My body felt exhausted, but my
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(Bella's POV)"Mom," Aiden said, keeping his voice as calm as he could. "It's almost midnight.""I know what time it is, darling. Do you think I could sleep after what I saw? Mrs. Henderson sent me the video before you even finished standing up from that knee."I pressed my fingers against my forehead and closed my eyes.Of course she did."Is Bella there?" Katherine asked. "Put her on, I want to hear her voice.""She's here. You're on speaker.""Good evening, Mrs. Blackwood," I said quietly."Mrs. Blackwood?" She gasped, as if I had insulted her. "No, no, no. We are past that now, my dear. It's Mom, or Katherine at the very least, but I'm hoping for Mom."My throat tightened.I looked at Aiden. He kept his eyes on the road, but I saw the muscle in his jaw move."Okay," I said softly. "Katherine.""Oh, that voice. She sounds just like I imagined." Her voice trembled and I realized with a sinking feeling that she was crying. "Bella, you don't know what this means to me. Aiden has never
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(Bella’s POV)By the time the business gala finally came to an end, my cheeks ached from smiling. The kind of deep, muscle-deep ache that comes from holding an expression that no longer belongs to you. I had lost count of how many businessmen, celebrities, and investors had approached us throughout the night, offering congratulations on our “engagement.” Every few minutes another pair of eyes would light up with excitement, another hand would reach for a photograph, another glass would be raised in a toast to our supposed future. The words “beautiful couple” and “perfect match” floated around us like perfume—sweet, expensive, and completely false.It was exhausting in a way that went beyond tired feet or sore cheeks. It was the exhaustion of performing a life that wasn’t mine.The moment we stepped out of the lobby into the cooler night air, I kicked off my heels with a quiet, almost desperate sigh of relief. The concrete felt blessedly solid under my bare feet.“Oh, thank God.”
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(Luke’s POV)I wished I could tell her that I had wanted divorce for longer than I was willing to admit. That no amount of time or effort or shared history would ever make me stop loving the woman who left. That we could never work, not really, no matter how many years we stacked on top of the original crack.But the words stayed locked behind my teeth.Part of me still didn’t know how to let go of Serena. She had been my constant when everything else collapsed. She had been kind when I was broken. And another, colder part of me whispered the practical fear I hated myself for even thinking: that she might outsmart me in a courtroom, that she could take half of everything I had built, that the life I had carefully constructed could be carved up and handed over. And deeper than that fear was the simple, human reluctance to hurt her any more than I already was.So I stood there in the small bathroom with the fluorescent light buzzing softly overhead, her tears soaking into my shirt,
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(Luke’s POV)I couldn’t take it anymore. The air in the living room had grown thick, heavy with the weight of everything left unsaid, everything I had been swallowing for five years. Every breath felt like it scraped against the raw edges inside my chest. I stood up so abruptly the chair scraped hard against the floor. My hands were already trembling. I walked straight to the washroom without looking at anyone, without answering the concerned glance I could feel on my back. The door shut behind me with a soft click that somehow sounded final.I braced both hands on the cold porcelain of the sink and stared at my own reflection. The man looking back at me looked wrecked—eyes red-rimmed, jaw locked so tight it ached, a single tear already tracking down one cheek before I could stop it. I hated that tear. I hated how easily it came whenever the thought of her slipped past the walls I had spent half a decade building.Just as the door shut behind me, it opened again. Serena stepped
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(Luke’s POV)“Of course I'll marry you,” Bella said, her voice trembling with emotion as she smiled down at Aiden.The words echoed through the ballroom.For a brief second everything around me went silent. The applause that erupted after her answer sounded distant, almost as if I were underwater. Guests rose from their seats, cheering and congratulating them while cameras flashed relentlessly around the newly engaged couple.I couldn’t hear any of it. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t even blink.My eyes remained fixed on Bella as Aiden gently slipped the diamond ring onto her finger—the same finger that had once worn my wedding ring.A painful lump formed in my throat.It has been five years since she walked out of my life, yet seeing another man place a ring on her finger hurt just as much as the day I watched her leave. Maybe even more. Because this time it felt final.I had always believed there would be another chance. Another conversation. Another opportunity to tell her how
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Luke’s POV (A few days later) I pulled up to Serena’s mansion again after another long day, my mansion feeling more like a trap than a home these days. Bella’s texts and missed calls sat unread on my phone. Every time I thought about responding, that image from the bar flashes back and it hurts
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I stood there for a long second, staring at Bella, her words hung between us heavily, twisting the knife of betrayal even deeper into my chest. Everything we had built, every promise, every late night where I chose her over and over, all felt like it was crumbling right in front of me. “Fine,” I
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Before I could even reach the closet, his hand closed around mine and he pulled me back into his arms, holding me with a firmness that once felt like safety but now felt like restraint. His touch no longer comforted me but trapped me instead in a space I could no longer breathe in. “Leave me alo
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Bella's POV On the night of our first wedding anniversary, I received a notification from an unknown number—a video of my husband and his female best friend kissing. My heart shattered into a million pieces as I watched it over and over again. No matter how many times I replayed it, the scene rem
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