David's POV
I am not the man I used to be. That version of me is gone—buried the moment Susan walked away from my life. The David who believed in loyalty, who thought love was enough to hold two people together, is dead.
Now, I am sharper. Harder. Ruthless.
Susan didn’t just leave me. She left when my world was falling apart—when Lexington Towers, my life’s work, was crumbling in the middle of a financial disaster. She promised she would never abandon me. But one morning, she was gone. No fight. No discussion. Only a short note with two words: I’m sorry.
Sorry?
That word still burns in my memory. It wasn’t just an apology—it was a final goodbye. And she took more than herself when she left. She took our child. She took the last piece of my heart that still believed in people.
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