The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 03 Pain shot up my spine like a live wire. My vision went white. Warm liquid soaked through my skirt instantly—not trickling down, but blooming into a shocking dark stain of red. “Adrian, don’t misunderstand. Gianna didn’t mean to…” “You’re still defending her!” “I’ve
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 02 Adrian moved out of the Valentino townhouse. Moved in with Summer. The day he left, I was at the office handling the Boston handover. He probably picked that day to avoid my drama. But this time, I didn’t do what I always did.
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 01 The day Adrian Valentino chose to get engaged to his beloved was the exact day I got shipped off to Boston. He told his fiancée, “Gianna’s got a feral streak. You’re sweet-tempered. She stays in Boston. She doesn’t come back.” Our friends panicked.
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 15 *Bang—* The starting gun fired. The red car shot forward like a bolt of lightning. Perfect line into the first turn. Every other driver left in the dust. Andrew watched the car fly across the track. Turn after turn. Accelerating. Overtaking. Something I’d said to him years ago
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 14 Three months later. Andrew had lost the fund. Lost me. Lost Emily too. She’d cut him loose completely. He had a hidden personal account. Some cash. Enough to scrape by for maybe half a year. But the man was broken. He survived on alcohol. He’d dropped more than
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 13 He took a cab. The security at the gate blocked him. He stood outside. Begged for two hours. His voice went raw. Finally, the guards agreed to relay a message. The heavy wrought-iron gates swung open. I walked out. Ralph Lauren cashmere cardigan. One hand in my pocket.
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 12 Andrew stood there. Frozen. He watched his Chesterfield sofa, the one he’d napped on through countless weekends, get hauled out like junk. He watched the Tiffany lamp they’d found together at a Paris flea market get tossed into a cardboard box. After he was escorted off the property,
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 11 In the underground garage, Andrew stumbled toward his car. Dead. Soulless. Emily, too desperate to give up, chased after him. She grabbed the handle of his car door and held on. “Andrew, Catherine doesn’t want you anymore! I’m all you have left!” Her voice was shrill. Andrew whipped
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 10 This was the agreement Catherine had drafted years ago. To give *him* a safety net. He’d always thought of it as the ultimate proof of her love. He’d forgotten. If the infidelity clause was ever triggered, he’d lose everything too. His hands shook as he opened the photos.
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The Price Of His Mistake Chapter 09 Edward looked at him. He walked straight to the desk and dropped the equity transfer documents and the handover checklist onto it. “Mr. Andrew Shaw. Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Catherine’s brother. Edward Blackwood.” “This hedge fund was originally something my little sister set up as a
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