I’d been hopelessly in love with Garland Ridgley, the duke’s heir, ever since we were kids. For ten years, I followed him wherever he went.
Then, during my coming-of-age ceremony, we were locked in a room together while he was blackout drunk.
When he finally came to, he looked at me with absolute disgust.
“Have you no shame?” he snapped, his face twisting in fury. “Just to marry me, you’d stoop this low? Pathetic.”
I said nothing in my defense. The next day, I cut ties with my family and left for the north with my uncle.
Three years later, I came back to London with my husband. We were at a banquet when Garland’s best friend—already flushed from the drinks—grinned and pointed my way.
“Hey, Garland, Ms. Kempton is back in town. Isn’t it about time you two finally got married, as planned since childhood?”
Garland let out a harsh laugh.
“I’d rather die alone than marry a shameless schemer like her.”
I was just about to stand up and leave when my little girl, Lorna Harington, came running into my arms, squealing, “Mom!”
Garland’s gaze locked onto Lorna’s face. He gripped his wineglass so hard it shattered in his hand.
I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 08 The truth completely shattered Garland’s long-standing arrogance. It finally hit him that he had backed Madelyn into an impossible corner—the woman who had once given him absolutely everything. He finally saw his terrible mistake for what it was—putting a vicious woman on a pedestal while treating
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 07 Right on cue, Rayford appeared. “Get away from her!” he roared. He spurred his horse forward and brought his riding crop down hard. The leather snapped directly across the back of Garland’s hand. Garland yelped in pain, stumbling backward until he wiped out hard on the
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 06 In the wake of that night, Garland’s family became the laughingstock of London. Gossip spread like wildfire about how fiercely Rayford had defended the woman he loved, and how the duke’s heir had publicly failed to recognize his own daughter. Once we made it back to
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 05 Garland lunged forward, jabbing a finger at Lorna in my arms. “Marshal Harington, don’t let this calculating woman play you! That girl looks exactly like me—she’s clearly my biological kid! “Three years ago, she threw herself at me, and I forced her out of London. She
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 04 Rayford Harington pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from my forehead, his eyes wild with concern. “Maddie, I’m so sorry. I got here too late.” At the sound of his voice, I finally broke down and cried. “Ray…” Lorna clung to Rayford’s neck, crying
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 03 “Gary, there’s no need to be so angry with Madelyn,” a soft, delicate voice called out. Sabrina Esmond stepped forward from the back of the crowd, flanked by a tight circle of noblewomen. The moment he saw her, Garland was at her side, his entire demeanor
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 02 He spoke with that unquestionable, heavy-handed authority of his, drawing immediate murmurs of agreement from the onlookers. “Ms. Kempton, you’re incredibly lucky Garland is even willing to acknowledge the kid,” a guest chimed in. “She’s right. With a child dragging you down, you’ll never land a
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I Walked Away And He Fell Apart Chapter 01 I’d been hopelessly in love with Garland Ridgley, the duke’s heir, ever since we were kids. For ten years, I followed him wherever he went. Then, during my coming-of-age ceremony, we were locked in a room together while he was blackout drunk. When he finally came
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