AmberAs I walked away from the restaurant, a wide smile stretched across my face, one I hadn’t worn in so long, it almost felt foreign. I was finally free. Free from Dan. Free from the lies, the bruises, the manipulation. That monster no longer had a hold on me.One of Liam’s men walked ahead and opened the back door of the car waiting by the curb. I slid in, my dress smoothing beneath me, and the door closed with a soft thud. As the car pulled away and we breezed through the light traffic, I stared out the window, watching the city blur past. People bustled about their lives, horns honked in the distance, but all I could feel was a strange, beautiful stillness inside me. It was like I could finally breathe again.It almost felt like I was meeting a new version of myself. A few months ago, I was still trapped, stuck in a marriage that sucked the light out of me. I had been shrinking more and more under Dan’s thumb, his rage, and his control. I used to think that was just how life ha
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