All Chapters of The Final Party: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Edward and I held our engagement party in Las Vegas. Everything seemed perfect—until someone suggested a game of Truth or Dare.One of Edward's female coworkers looked me straight in the eye. "I am pregnant. It is your fiancé's baby."Laughter burst out around us. Everyone thought it was a joke—except Edward.After the trip, we returned home. He looked uneasy."I'm the father of Juliet's baby," he admitted. "Don't overthink it. We were on a business trip and got too drunk with a client. We accidentally spent the night together."She is from a British aristocratic family. Reputation matters a lot to her. She will never marry me. She only wants to have the baby and raise it alone.""So what are you saying?" I asked."I am the father. I have to take responsibility. I will stay in the apartment I rented for her and take care of her pregnancy on weekdays, and come home on weekends."Our wedding will be delayed. We will get married after the baby is borned."I gave a small smile. So he had

Edward shoved me hard. I stumbled back and slammed into the elevator wall. Pain shot through my back, and I gasped.He gave me a cold look, like I was useless. Then, he turned and walked back to Juliet's apartment.Juliet stood at the door and raised her voice, saying, "Edward! How can you talk to your fiancée like that? Women are emotional. You should calm her down. Bro, you just blew the deal!"Edward put his arm around her like he had done it a hundred times."Let her go. She'll regret it. Remember how she chased me for three years? She couldn't leave me even if she tried."He squeezed Juliet's arm and laughed."You're easier to be around. Just like one of the guys."Juliet giggled and poked his chest. "Stop it. I'm a woman. I am pregnant!"Edward smirked and touched her chest. "This small? You sure?"They laughed and slammed the door behind them.Bang.The hallway went quiet. All I could hear was my heart pounding. My whole body shook with anger.The elevator finally ca

"Where are you?" Nathan's voice was lower than usual, tight with urgency."Home.""I'm here. I'll meet you outside."I opened the door and saw Nathan standing there.Before I could speak, he said, "I've already talked to our parents. The wedding is being planned. We're getting married in three days. I don't want to waste any more time."Then, he grabbed my hand and started walking.His palm was damp. He was nervous.Nathan had never been the nervous type—not in finance or anything.He came from a powerful financial family in the San Francisco Bay Area. His father had founded one of the most prominent family offices there. His mother was a behavioral finance professor at Harvard Business School. Nathan was also one of the youngest hedge fund founders to become a named partner on Wall Street. His fund had just led a 1-billion-dollar cross-border acquisition.If Edward was an overachieving elite climbing the career ladder at a traditional investment bank, Nathan was the one at th

"I would've cut ties with you long ago if it weren't for Edward." Juliet gave me a look full of disdain."Don't push your luck, Margot. I've always tolerated you."I let out a cold laugh.She tore my dress on purpose—I saw her clearly.I clenched my jaw and forced myself to stand. My arm trembled as I raised it, aiming to slap her across the face.Before I could touch her, Edward stepped in fast and blocked me.In the next second, he slapped me.Smack!The sound echoed through the hall. Silence fell like a blanket over the entire room.I stood frozen, ears ringing, my whole face stinging from the blow.Edward looked at the blood on his fingers. He pulled a tissue and wiped them again and again, as if I had somehow dirtied him."Enough, Margot," he said coldly."Stop embarrassing yourself. Get out."I stared at him, stunned, my throat burning. My voice trembled."Edward, could you, just once, be on my side?"He hesitated for a second. Then, his anger grew worse."Get los

Edward stayed quiet for a few days, assuming Margot would calm down eventually.It was supposed to be his and Margot's wedding day.He even packed carefully, folding his dirty shirts neatly into his suitcase. He knew Margot always hand-washed and ironed them for him—pressed crisp and perfect, much better than the machines at the dry cleaner.Contrastively, Juliet always tossed her clothes into the laundry room, never even separating colors from whites.The thought made him frown; he felt annoyed.Just then, Juliet walked in wearing a tank top and shorts."I have a check-up today. Come with me?""Not today. I'm going home."Edward did not even look up."Come on, man," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck.He pushed her off and gave her a quick glance.Her dark tan, that sharp ponytail, the loose T-shirt—she looked like one of the guys on the deal team if it were not for the baby bump.Suddenly, his stomach turned, wondering how he could have even spent a night with Ju