Rejected Bride, Billionaire's Wife
And yet… when the adrenaline faded, something darker filled the space it left behind.
Damien.
The name itself burned like acid.
He had stood at the altar with me. My hands trembling in lace gloves, my heart wide open, believing every promise whispered in the dark. And then—humiliation. Betrayal. Abandonment. His voice cutting through the sanctuary, shattering the illusion.
“I can’t do this, Elena.”
I had never wanted to disappear more than in that moment. I had wanted the ground to split open and swallow me whole. And when he walked away, leaving whispers, stares, and pity in his wake, a part of me died on that altar.