Shattered Vows: The Heiress’s Revenge
I dropped to the floor, crying so hard I couldn’t breathe, the weight of all her words pressing down on me.
Clara knelt beside me, tears falling from her eyes, but she didn’t speak again. She let me cry, and every second of silence made me feel the truth even more.
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After Clara had let me cry my heart out, letting me spill everything I had been holding in, I felt hollow and broken—but also strangely sharper, like my edges had been sharpened against the pain. She brought me back to my house, living me alone to sink into my harsh reality.
It was late. The house was quiet, except for the soft ticking of the living room clock. I sat on the sofa, still shaken from earlier, my hands wrappe