ALEXANDER
Tears mixed with anger clawed at my chest, a suffocating knot of emotions I couldn’t untangle. She was gone. I’d lost her.
The courtroom felt like it was closing in on me, and all I could do was stand there, paralyzed by the weight of my failure. How could I win her back now? Was there even a chance left?
I felt hands on my arm, gentle but firm. Expecting Vanessa, I turned, but it was Eliza. Of course, it was her.
Her voice, sickeningly sweet, cut through my haze. “You should be happy, Alex. I am. Now that this divorce is over, our wedding can finally happen.”
Her words jolted me like a slap. My gaze locked on her, and the memory of Raina’s voice echoed in my head: Eliza tried to hurt Liam the day I was kidnapped. I didn’t need further evidence to believe her. I’d known for
