Gavin had a 9-figure net worth and more luxury homes than he could count.
Yet he had chosen to bring Brielle here. He had chosen to defile the one sanctuary I treasured most.
He knew exactly what this apartment meant to me. He knew it held half a lifetime of longing and pain.
Tears blurred my vision and spilled hot down my cheeks.
I trembled violently, my hands and feet turning cold. Shock rooted me to the spot, and even breathing brought a sharp, icy pain.
Moments later, I couldn't hold myself together any longer.
I stumbled around, fled through the door, and escaped that place in disgrace.
Outside, rain poured from the sky. Heavy drops battered my body while the storm swept over me, soaking me to the skin.
But I had no energy left for grief.
My heart had broken too many times. I
