Zoey’s POV
Years ago, before the Sterlings sent Hazel back to us when she was nineteen, I saw Ryan once from a distance. Back then, I'd just become the real heiress of the Westbrook family. My parents spoiled me, my friends looked up to me, and I thought I was a princess.
But the moment I saw the man standing next to Hazel, just one look made me feel small. That day I learned the real gap between me and someone with true status.
He was handsome and proud, and every move he made came with a coldness I just couldn't touch.
When I heard about how much he cared for Hazel, the girl who had "stolen" my life, jealousy burned inside me. I always believed everything Hazel had should have been mine, including her tie to the powerful Sterling family.
Over the years, I tried every trick I knew to
