Leah
All those years of gentle smiles, late-night conversations, promises whispered in the dark… and he’d known. Everyone around him had known. Only I—the naive, lovesick fool—had been blind.
Samuel’s voice dropped to something colder than winter. “Power is the only thing that matters. Women are rewards that come after victory. Ella will always be the one I love. And if she truly loves me, she’ll understand that everything I do is for her. Now send the flowers to Leah. And arrange dinner tonight. Just the two of us.”
The wheelchair rolled away. Damian’s footsteps followed.
I stayed under the car until the sound faded completely.
Then I crawled out, brushed dirt from my jeans, and slid into the driver’s seat.
I gripped the wheel so hard my knuckles whitened.
I’d thought I was past fe
