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Chapter 1

Adrian's POVI'd barely handed Celeste the signed agreement when Nolan Pierce was wheeled out of surgery.Celeste shoved past me to reach him.Pain tore through my abdomen. Days earlier, I'd taken a knife to the stomach rescuing her from kidnappers, and the wounds still hadn't healed.Nobody noticed. Everyone crowded around Nolan, asking how he felt.I braced myself against the wall and made my way back to my office.The miscarriage report on my desk blurred as my eyes filled with tears.Celeste had suffered another miscarriage while sleeping with her seventh lover.That was the third child I'd lost.While I was still grieving, she had ignored my warnings and insisted on taking Nolan to an opera at the very theater where she and I had first fallen in love. Her enemies had seized the opportunity, abducting her and taking her to a remote island.I'd been stabbed three times getting her out.Yet just three days after I'd been moved out of intensive care, she had dragged me from

Chapter 2

Celeste's assistant, Owen Brooks, stood awkwardly in the doorway."Ms. Harrington, Mr. Pierce is asking for you."Celeste snatched back her phone."Oh, and I only changed my profile picture to keep Nolan happy," she added hurriedly. "It's temporary. I'll change it back. Don't make a big deal out of it."Then she was gone.I watched the doorway long after she'd disappeared.I changed the matching profile picture I'd used for ten years and unpinned Celeste's chat.What she didn't know was that I'd already given the signed divorce papers to my attorney to file with the court.In a month, the divorce would be final.There wouldn't be a "later" for us.After arranging for a colleague to take over my cases, I returned to my hospital room.A bowl of seafood chowder sat on the bedside table.The nursing aide smiled when she saw me. "Your wife really does love you. She sends you chowder every single day, without fail."I looked at the unfamiliar woman and smiled back."You're new

Chapter 3

The second wedding date had fallen apart when three younger men Celeste was keeping showed up together and made a scene, turning me into the laughingstock of our entire social circle.Before the third, she'd forced me to perform procedures on the men she kept on the side, indulging another of her humiliating whims.After that, one lover followed another through my operating room.Arguments and screaming matches became ordinary parts of our life.Eventually, without ever discussing it, we stopped mentioning the wedding at all.I'd waited ten years for a ceremony I never got.Nolan had asked once, and it was his.Suddenly, every year I'd spent fighting for Celeste, hesitating, forgiving, and refusing to walk away felt like one enormous joke.My eyes burned, but I managed a small smile."Sure. He can have it."Celeste looked stunned. She obviously hadn't expected me to agree.She took my hand gently."Adrian, I know this isn't fair. I promise we'll have the perfect wedding som

Chapter 4

But when Celeste saw the blood at the corner of my mouth, she instinctively released Nolan.Panic flashed in her eyes."Adrian, are you all right? I didn't mean to..."She took a step toward me, but Nolan clung to her arm, looking devastated."Celeste, I only came to thank Adrian for doing my surgery."I didn't expect him to wave your divorce papers in my face and call me a home-wrecking bastard."He covered the side of his face and pretended to shrink away."I told him we really love each other. That's when he hit me. He even said I had to get out of his apartment."Celeste's expression darkened.Nolan lifted his chin just enough to give me a smug, challenging look.Without hesitation, Celeste grabbed me and dragged me out of bed."Apologize to Nolan, Adrian."I landed on the floor and looked up at her.And then I laughed."What did he say that wasn't true? Why should I apologize?"Oh, wait. One thing was wrong. Nolan doesn't even rank as the other man. He's more like t

Chapter 5

For a moment, Celeste couldn't find her voice.She ended the call and stumbled toward the private care ward.After all their years together, nobody knew better than she did how much Adrian loved his grandmother.Adrian's father had worked construction to pay off the gambling debts his wife had run up. He'd fallen from a great height on a job site and died.Adrian's mother had spent ten years in prison. After her release, she'd shown no interest in raising him. Instead, she'd tried to sell him for cash.Only his grandmother had stayed.It had just been the two of them, with Ruth taking whatever work she could find to put food on the table and raise her grandson.She was Adrian's only remaining family.Celeste had known that. It was exactly why she'd threatened his grandmother's treatment to make him apologize to Nolan.Now her heart pounded wildly as she tried to reassure herself."No. I was only trying to scare him. I never actually stopped the medicine. She's fine. She has t

Chapter 6

"That old fool is hilarious," Nolan was saying with a laugh. "Did he think I was as stupid as the six guys before me? I know exactly how to handle him."He has no idea I had someone secretly film him kneeling and slapping himself, then posted the video online."I even had someone hack the hospital's network so every TV played that clip. Oh, and all those gossip videos mocking him for getting cheated on? I made sure those played, too!"I'm going to make it impossible for him to work in that hospital."Everyone's going to know he's a useless excuse for a man. After all that, he's still hanging on to a wife he can't even give a baby to!"He's so attached to that miserable old woman. Well, I wanted her to see exactly what kind of loser her grandson is."Her medication costs thousands of dollars a dose. They're getting divorced, so why should my Celeste keep paying?"He'd better get out of Ardenport and stay out of our sight."Just wait until I've made it big. I'll introduce every o

Chapter 7

"Adrian was right," Celeste said. "You don't even rank as the other man, and you actually thought I'd marry you?"She walked out without another glance.Nolan's knees buckled. He collapsed onto the floor.,,,Adrian's POVMeanwhile, I was lying in a private room at a hospital in Halverton.Elena Calder sat beside my bed."I've taken care of your grandmother's funeral arrangements," she told me."I also had the attorneys sell your shares at the discounted price we discussed. Harrington Holdings is in chaos.""Thank you," I said quietly.She saw that I was still lost in grief and took my hand."If I'd known Celeste would treat you like this, I never would have stayed hidden behind that tree that day."I looked at her, confused.Her gaze drifted into the distance."I was there the day you were attacked, too. I just got there a step too late."Regret clouded her eyes."Back then, I was a bookworm who couldn't throw a punch. I wasn't like Celeste, who'd been training in kick

Chapter 8

"Where have you been? Adrian, do you have any idea I've been looking for you for an entire year?"Do you know how miserable I've been since you left?"I swirled the wine in my glass and gave her a faint smile."I'm not sure what you're talking about, Ms. Harrington. Didn't you receive the divorce decree?"You and I have nothing to do with each other anymore."Unless you count the fact that we'll be enemies until one of us is dead."Oh, and I heard Harrington Holdings got knocked off the Fortune 500 this year. Congratulations. You must've worked so hard."Celeste stopped dead.I turned to leave, unwilling to waste another second on her, but she caught my wrist."Stop right there."Come home with me. We'll put everything behind us. I'll get rid of all those men. I don't even want a baby anymore. All I want is you!"Adrian, please stop being stubborn."I won't hold the share sale against you. If you still want a wedding, I'll give you one."Just come back. I'll do anything yo

Chapter 9

After that, Celeste returned to the apartment where she usually stayed.Another man was living there.When he saw her enter, he began trembling uncontrollably."Celeste, you're home?"She kicked Nolan hard in the stomach."I told you never to call me by my name!"His shaking grew worse.One look at his face made her even angrier.She stood over him."Adrian is back. You're going to apologize to him. You're going to make him forgive me."Tell him everything was your idea. Tell him you tricked me, too."If you can bring him back to me, I'll let you live."For the first time in a long while, hope flashed across Nolan's face, and he nodded frantically."I'll go. I'll go right now!"...Our engagement party was over when a disheveled man stepped into my path."Adrian, please forgive Celeste. No, I mean, please forgive Ms. Harrington."He wrung his hands and swayed like someone on the edge of a breakdown.Beneath his tangled hair, his face was covered in scratches and scars

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