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taking care of things,” she said softly. “Your mother got confused.”
I gave my fiancée a life of luxury and a ring everyone envied. I came home early to surprise my mother, only to hear my fiancée hiss, “You’re useless.”
My mother flinched.
Vanessa saw it.
So did I.
For three years, I had given Vanessa everything. A penthouse. Cars. Private islands. I had rescued her brother’s failing business twice. I had quietly paid off her father’s gambling debts.
