Despite how much I wanted to remain unaffected, my chest still felt tight, a dull ache settling deep within me. Soon, Jay would introduce another woman, and everything would change. Even if I somehow forgot everything that happened in the past, I could never erase the memory of the day my world shattered - the day I met Samantha.
On what was supposed to be a joyous occasion, when people from all around gathered to celebrate Jay’s and my engagement, he had walked in with another woman and joyfully announced that he had found his mate. The shock of it left me breathless. How could I have loved such a wicked man? The way he smiled that day still haunted me. A man who rarely smiled had beamed as if it were the happiest moment of his life - while I, his newly announced fiancée, stood to the si
