CHAPTER ONE: He Married Her Instead

ARIA“The groom ought to be here by now.”The compere’s voice rings out for the second time.I have been smiling the entire time. Not because I am happy. Because over five hundred guests are watching me, and if I stop smiling, they’ll know something is wrong before I do.“He’s probably still in a meeting,” I whisper to my father for the third time.Dad squeezes my hand. Tighter than usual. “Whatever happens today,” he says, “promise me one thing.”I do not let go of his hands. “What?”He shifts closer. “Never believe you are less because they have money.”I laugh softly, a little confused. “Dad—”“Promise me.”I nod. “I promise.”The orchestra plays the same sixteen bars of Pachebel’s Canon for the fourth time because no one has told them to stop.The wedding planner downs the first time. Everything is fine; her calm demeanour and smile say it. But she won’t meet my eyes.A second time, my eyes catch her as she walks, leans into Marcus and whispers something I can’t hear.Behind me, M

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CHAPTER TWO: The Secret I Couldn’t Tell Him

ARIA“Call him.” I thrust my phone toward the receptionist. “Tell him I’m not leaving this lobby in this wedding dress.”I go for the door again. Two guards step in front of me before I can reach it.“Damian!” I scream..Employees have stopped pretending to work. Some look away out of pity. One girl by the elevators is filming me on her phone, not even hiding it.Two hours ago these people were planning to call me Mrs. Sinclair. Now I’ll be content for their group chat.“Let me go!” I struggle with the guards. “Get your hands off me.”I can feel the tears coming. I struggle to hold them back. Not now. Not right here.A man in a suit comes jogging out of the elevator bank, tie loose, already talking before he reaches me.“Miss Cole,” he says, “I’m Head of Communications, if we could just adjust this somewhere more—”“Take me to Damian. Right now. Or shut this place down.”He doesn’t like it. But three minutes later, I am standing in front of Damian’s office door for the first time as s

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CHAPTER THREE: He Bought What I Had Left

ARIAThree weeks after the wedding, and I still flinch at every unexpected sound.I’m in the chair beside my father’s bed in the hospital, my own eyes half-closed, when his fingers move against mine.I don’t trust it at first. I’ve imagined it before, the twitch that always turns out to be nothing. But this time, I am wrong. Because his eyes flick open.“Dad.”My voice cracks on the single word. I am on my feet immediately, both hands wrapped around his.“Dad, can you hear me?”His mouth moves slowly. “A…ria.”I press his hand to my face and let the tears flow. “I’m here,” I whisper, “right here, Dad.”It takes him a long time to ask the question I have been dreading. For a second, I wish he could forget it ever happened.“Did he… leave you?”I could lie. For one tempting second, I consider it. Sparing him, sparing the look I know is coming.I can’t do it.“He married Victoria,” I say, “the next week.”Something breaks behind his eyes as if he suddenly remembers something. “The loan,”

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CHAPTER FOUR: She Knew About My Baby

ARIAI let the phone ring twice before I answer, my thumb hovering over the screen, heart beating fast.“Aria,” Victoria’s voice, warm and careful. “How’s your father and the loans?”My whole body goes cold. “Are you calling to spite me, Victoria?”She laughs, soft and unhurried. “You should be more careful, Aria.” A pause. “Does Damian know you’re carrying his child?”The room tilts. I can’t breathe. The phone nearly slips from my hand.“What child?” My voice comes out slowly.“Don’t try to play games with me, Aria. You really thought no one noticed the hospital visit and the test?” She pauses again, letting those words settle deep into the phone and my heart.I just want to end the call and tell her never to dial my line again. But my fingers refuse to work, and my ear yearns to hear what will hurt my heart more.“Damian doesn’t know,” she says, “and he must never know.”I am already pacing the room now. “Why?”“He already believes you are the one who betrayed him and the company.

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CHAPTER FIVE: Six Years Later, He Found Me

ARIASIX YEARS LATERSix years ago I ran from Damian Sinclair with nothing except a suitcase and a secret.Six years later, Damian found me…“Five more minutes, Mum,” Luna mumbles into her pillow.“Five more minutes was ten minutes ago.” I pull the curtain open. Sunlight floods the room. “Get up, Luna. Cereal’s getting soggy.”She frowns. “But I like it soggy.”“You do not.”She groans and drags herself upright, hair sticking up on one side, and I already know this argument is over because she’s grinning.Downstairs I am pouring milk when the television in the living room catches my ear. I hadn’t even meant to turn it on. Luna must have done it while I was upstairs.“Sinclair Cove Resort collapse continues to dominate the headlines this week, following reports that a seven-year-old remains in critical condition after a balcony railing failure.”Pause.“Sinclair Group CEO, Damian Sinclair insists the inspection was completed before the accident…”“Liar.”I grab the remote and change th

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All Chapters of You Left Me At The Altar, Now You Beg Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

CHAPTER ONE: He Married Her Instead

CHAPTER TWO: The Secret I Couldn’t Tell Him

CHAPTER THREE: He Bought What I Had Left

CHAPTER FOUR: She Knew About My Baby

CHAPTER FIVE: Six Years Later, He Found Me