Perfect Ruin Novels & Stories

she pouted. Before he could answer, his phone rang. He stepped away to take the call, his voice low, his back to her. Deli’s eyes followed him, her mind drifting. Her heart tugged. Was this real? Was all her pain finally over? Everything felt too perfect… and that scared her. Whenever life got this good, something always seemed to happen to ruin it. Still, she told herself, she would enjoy this moment. When Chase returned, she searched his face. “Everything okay?”

With a wide satisfied smirk, I raised my glass and champagne and drained it in one go, satisfactorily watching as Duncan sank into himself, now nothing but a mere shell of a man whose entire world has just crumpled beneath his feet, who had just learned he was only just a pawn in a game he thought he was the real player. The man who has just realized that he was completely finished— His wealth is gone. His reputation is ruined. His “perfect family” was nothing but a lie and an illusion. And worst of all, the daughter he had loved above all else, cared for above all else, isn't even his and the woman he had loved with his whole heart, worshipped, and obeyed throughout his life… had never lov