MARTHA'S POV
If someone had told me five years ago that my life would look like this; chaotic, empty, pathetic… I would've slapped them.
I was supposed to win. I was supposed to be the star. I was supposed to be the one everyone adored.
Not Millie-Rose.
Never Millie-Rose.
For years after she vanished, I told myself that I had finally gotten what I deserved. I had the wedding. I had Silas. I had the mansion. I had the agency.
But nobody warned me that stealing a crown doesn't make you a queen.
The first year of marriage with Silas was good… if arguments, slammed doors, and his constant bitterness could be called good. Whenever things got tough, he spat the same thing at me:
"If you hadn't ruined everything, I'd be married to Millie and rich by now."
The first time he said it, we we
