Shattered Vows
he continued, “I married Isla Carter in a private civil ceremony almost a year ago. The marriage was real, though kept quiet for personal reasons. The engagement with Celeste Winslow was a business arrangement that ended long before our wedding.”
Flashes lit up the room.
He paused and looked to Isla.
She stepped forward, every part of her trembling—but her voice, when it came, was strong.
“I’ve been painted as many things in the media lately—manipulator, gold digger, scandal. But what I am is a woman who fell in love with a man long before he belonged to the headlines.”
More murmurs.
“I didn’t ask to be a secret,” she continued, “but I chose silence because I believed I was protecting someth
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