Rising From the Ashes After Seven Years Wasted
There is an unwritten rule among Saphira's elite.
If a new lover wants to become acknowledged as a man's official girlfriend, the previous girlfriend must publicly remove the bracelet that symbolizes her status and personally place it on the new woman's wrist.
The day Wayne Seyfried brings Ingrid Bacon home, the entire elite circle waits in anticipation to see me cause a scene.
I have stayed by Wayne's side loyally for seven years. For the sake of getting that bracelet, I once kneeled in the Seyfrieds' private chapel for three days. I have also taken a stab from a military bayonet for Wayne.
Everyone is certain that I would never give up my position willingly.
But when Ingrid, who is clad in a custom gown worth millions, shyly extends her hand to me, I do not argue or make a scene. Instead, I calmly remove the bracelet and slip it onto her wrist.
Swirling a glass of red wine, Wayne looks at me with eyes full of arrogance and satisfaction.
He says, "You finally know your place, Hillary. It's good that you know where you stand."
I lower my head and look at my bare wrist without saying a word.
Wayne is clueless. He doesn't know that I have recovered all the memories I lost a month ago.
I am the long-lost daughter of the Lachlan family, the wealthiest family in Grandor, who has been missing for seven years.
In three days, my older brother's private fleet of jets will arrive in Saphira to take me home.