Old Dreams Fade
After Bianca Vale and I were kidnapped at the same time, I watched Evan Pierce choose her.
Even the kidnapper stared in surprise. After a long silence, he took off his jacket and draped it over my shoulders.
“How did you end up even worse off than me? Your own husband won’t save you. Damn it... why won’t this rope come loose?”
In the end, he bit through the knot with his teeth and mumbled,
“Forget it. You don’t have to go down with me. Just remember to run.”
With that, he shoved me toward Evan and jumped from the high-rise, resigned to his fate.
I thought I had been saved, only to meet Evan’s ice-cold eyes.
“Only if you die can Bianca become legitimate.
“Clara Shaw, you should have stepped aside a long time ago.”
When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the engagement party where Evan and I first became engaged.
Ignoring the depth of feeling in his eyes, I walked straight to the corner, where Miles Langford was focused on playing a match-three game.
“Mr. Langford, how about we discuss a partnership?”
After all, I was the one who had once lifted Evan to the top.
Putting Miles in that same seat now would not be difficult.