James POV The night was suffocating, even out on the terrace where the air should have been cool and soothing. The city lights stretched out before me, blinking and alive, but none of it brought me peaceMy grip on the cold metal railing tightened, the sharp edge pressing into my palms as though the pain could ground me. It didn’t. Anger bubbled inside me, threatening to explode, but I held it in, just barely. My entire life had been turned upside down, and there was no one to blame but my grandfather. He’d orchestrated everything like a grand chess game, moving pieces without care for the lives he ruined in the process.I should have been with Sadie. Sadie, with her bright smile and warm laughter. She was my future, the woman I loved, the one I wanted to build a life with. But instead, I was trapped in this sham of a marriage with her sister, Avery. Avery. Just thinking about her name sent a wave of fury through me. She was manipulative, cunning, and spoiled. A woman who th
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