LOGINWhen Elena's husband walked away from their marriage without a warning, she told herself she would survive the humiliation of watching him run right back to the woman he'd never stop loving. She didn't expect to survive it pregnant , carrying the child of the man who chose someone else . For five years she built her life in silence raising her child alone while her ex husband started a family with the woman who had hunted their family from the start She buried her heartbreak, her question and the nagging sense that something about their sudden divorce has never quite added up. Now fate makes their parts cross again and this time she's not the same woman he left behind. She's now stronger more guarded and unwilling to be an afterthought in his story. But proximity begins unravelling. Secrets that were buried from five years ago begin to surface and she discovers the truth behind their divorce was never what she believed. The woman she blamed. The reason she was given. Even her husband's motives. all of it was a carefully constructed lie. As the past collides with the present , she must decide whether to protect the peace she built for herself and her child or riak everything to uncover the full truth, reclaim what was taken from her and confront the man who broke her heart without ever knowing why.
View MoreEberta’s POVIt was past midnight.Outside, the rain was hitting the big glass windows of the study so hard it sounded like someone was throwing rocks at the house over and over.I was sitting at Rufus's desk and I could not sleep. I did not even want to try.My mind was still at the gala. I kept seeing Rufus's hand on my back,hearing his voice when he spoke to all those elites who were staring at me with judging eyes. He spoke strong in a way that made everyone shut up and listen. The thought of it brought a small smile to my lips.No one has ever done that for me before.Rufus had left about an hour ago. One of his security men called him. Stephen had walked out of the gala after the fight and no one knew where he went. Rufus said he had to make sure Stephen did not do something stupid. He told me to stay here, in his study, and to look through the files. So I was alone.The study is a big room. The walls are covered with books. There is a huge desk made of heavy, dark wood. It sme
Third Person POVThe doors closed and the noise of the party disappeared.One second there was music and light and people talking too loud over champagne. The next second there was nothing but a long, quiet hallway and the soft buzz of the lights on the wall.Stephen put a hand out and leaned against the wall. He could not get enough air. His tuxedo jacket was too tight around his chest. His tie felt like it was choking him. His face was hot with shame.A few steps in front of him, Priscilla had stopped walking.For a moment neither of them said anything. The hallway was lined with old paintings of men who had built this company long before Stephen was born. The carpet was thick. It swallowed every sound.Priscilla took a breath. She ran her hands down the front of her silver dress that caught the light even here in the dim hallway. She was trying to make herself look calm. Like the woman everyone knew at parties, the woman who never lost control.But her hands would not stop shaking
The crystal chandeliers above the ballroom cast a cold, sharp light over the gathering. Only a moment ago, the room was filled with the soft hum of classical music and the polite chatter of the city's most powerful elites. Waiters carried silver trays filled with expensive champagne. Women in silk gowns laughed at quiet jokes. Now, a suffocating silence had fallen over the grand hall. The music seemed to fade into nothing. Every single guest stood completely still. Their eyes were locked on Eberta and Priscilla. Priscilla stood proudly in the center of the polished marble floor. A smug, victorious smile curled on her lips. She had just shouted her accusation, loudly questioning the paternity of Eberta's son, Julian. The cruel, calculated words still seemed to echo off the tall stone pillars. She had timed her attack perfectly, waiting until Eberta was completely surrounded by the most judgmental socialites in the city. Eberta felt all the air rush out of her lungs. Her hands turn
The glass doors of the building slammed behind us.It was loud. Too loud. It cut off Priscilla's heels, her laugh, everything, and left me standing in the cold shadow of the marble portico trying to remember how to breathe.My hands wouldn't stop shaking. I was holding my phone but I couldn't even get the passcode right. My thumb kept slipping. Inside my head that blue legal folder was on loop. Four point two million dollars. Forged signature. Asset seizure. Default notice.They were going to take everything. The firm. The payroll account. The house. Julian."Eberta."Rufus's voice came through the noise. He moved right into my line of sight so I had no choice but to look at him instead of the street, instead of the sun that was suddenly too bright."I have to call Dana," I said, and I hated how thin my voice sounded. "If Priscilla files before morning they will freeze everything. The staff - I have to move payroll, I have to -""Eberta, stop. Look at me."He reached out and wrapped






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