LOGINLora Jade had always been the kind of woman who gave everything for love. She stood by Jackson through his struggles, supported his dreams, and sacrificed her own happiness to help him succeed. But the moment Jackson finally made it, everything changed. The man she built her life around looked at her like she was nothing. He handed her divorce papers without hesitation, his eyes cold and unfamiliar. “You’re no longer my standard,” he said. As if that wasn’t enough, another woman stepped forward—claiming her place beside him. Together, they mocked Lora, calling her useless, unworthy… disposable. Heartbroken and humiliated, Lora walked away from the marriage with nothing but pain. But life wasn’t done with her yet. Just as she tried to pick up the pieces, she received devastating news, her mother needed urgent surgery. A surgery she couldn’t afford. With no money, no support, and no hope, Lora found herself in a bar, drowning in alcohol and despair. That night, she made a reckless decision. She gave in to the darkness… and ended up in a stranger’s bed. By morning, shame and fear drove her to run without looking back. But what she didn’t know was this— The man she left behind was not someone she could easily escape. And he was determined to find her… no matter the cost.
View MoreDrake’s POV The restaurant was quieter than the first place I had taken her. That had been intentional. The plan was to ensure there were no people trying to interrupt every five minutes because they wanted something from me. Just good food and enough privacy to hold a conversation without feeling like the entire world was listening. The moment we sat down, I knew I had made the right choice. Lora looked more relaxed than she had all week. The tension that usually lingered around her shoulders seemed absent tonight. She wasn't watching the room or anticipating problems. She was simply here, talking, laughing and living. "You stole food?" she asked. The disbelief on her face almost made me smile. "I was eight." "You stole food." "I borrowed food." Her laugh burst out immediately. God. That sound was becoming a problem. "From who?" she asked. "My father's guests." Her eyes widened. "That's worse." "They had plenty." "You were a tiny criminal." "I was hungry." She sho
Drake’s POVThe last email of the day remained open on my laptop long after I had finished reading it.At least, I assumed I had finished reading it. The truth was that I had been staring at the same paragraph for several minutes without absorbing a single word.Outside the office windows, late afternoon sunlight spilled across the estate grounds. The gardens stretched beneath the fading gold light while staff moved quietly between the different wings of the mansion.My attention drifted toward the gardens again. And found her. Lora sat beneath one of the large trees near the western path, a book resting open in her lap.She wasn't reading. Every few minutes she turned a page, but her gaze remained fixed somewhere beyond the fountain ahead of her.She was thinking. She did that often.She disappeared into her own thoughts so completely that the rest of the world seemed to fade around her.The strange thing was that I had started recognizing the difference between when she was genuin
Lora's POVThe smell of coffee reached me before I reached the dining room.Normally, that would have been enough to improve my mood. Unfortunately, the baby had developed opinions. And this morning, coffee was apparently offensive.I slowed halfway down the staircase and pressed a hand briefly against my stomach."You're making my life difficult already." The baby remained unapologetically silent.By the time I reached the dining room, everyone was already seated. William occupied his usual chair at the head of the table. His recovery had restored some of the strength illness had stolen, though Dr. Mark still insisted he avoid unnecessary stress.Vivian sat beside him. Chloe scrolled through her phone while pretending to listen to a conversation she clearly had no interest in.And Drake. My gaze found him before I could stop it. He looked up at the exact same moment and something warm settled unexpectedly inside my chest. The kind of feeling that had become increasingly difficult to
Lora's POVA week passed but it wasn’t the kind that arrived quietly and disappeared without leaving a mark.This one settled into my life slowly, rearranging things in ways I did not notice immediately.William was recovering well enough. Dr. Mark had thrown himself back into work. My mother had spent the better part of the last seven days pretending she was not thinking about him while somehow managing to bring him up in every other conversation.And me? I had spent an embarrassing amount of time replaying a single sentence.Now the mansion feels strange whenever you're not there.The worst part was that Drake had said it so casually. As if he had simply been commenting on the weather. As if those words had not followed me around for days afterward.I stood in front of the bathroom mirror adjusting my earrings when my phone vibrated on the counter.A message. Have you eaten?A laugh escaped me before I could stop it. Three simple words. Yet somehow I already knew who the sender was
Vivian’s POVI stepped out of the hospital elevator quietly while the soft sound of distant monitors and rolling carts drifted through the private floor. Evening had already settled outside the hospital windows, turning the glass dark enough to reflect the corridor lights back against themselves.W
A Wife's First DayLora’s POVThe marriage certificate felt like it was burning a hole in my purse as we left the registrar’s office.It had taken less than thirty minutes. Signatures, stamps, the bored clerk barely looking at us. And just like that, I was married.Mrs. Lora Jade Grayson.The name
The Devil’s BargainLora’s POVThe fluorescent bulbs in Dr. Chen’s office hummed, a high-pitched buzz that pierced my skull. I sat stiffly in the plastic chair, my fingernails digging crescents into my palms.“Pregnant.”The word lingered between us like smoke, thick and choking. My chest tightened
The StrangerLora’s POVSilence swallowed me. I stayed on the floor of what had been my home, surrounded by shattered dishes and broken dreams, pieces too small to ever put back together. The divorce papers were scattered around me. My shaking hands gathered them, holding them to my chest as though
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