I pretended the acci:dent had broken my bones, so I sat silently in my wheelchair and watched my fiancée laugh mockingly in front of everyone. “Look at you,” she sneered, leaning closer. “Now you’re nothing—just a useless cripple.” No one defended me. Only the maid knelt beside me,

“Vanessa Cross,” he said, “you are named in a civil fraud action, a criminal complaint for conspiracy, attempted financial exploitation, bribery, and forgery.”

Daniel tried to run. Security stopped him before he reached the hall.

Pierce began crying before the officers even touched him.

Vanessa looked at me, all beauty stripped from her face. “Adrian,continue reading …