Chapter 1
The night before our wedding, I caught Lewis hooking up with my best friend on the couch.
I completely lost it and ended up sleeping with all three of his friends.
I made sure to leave proof everywhere—on his desk, in his sports car, at his office.
But when Lewis found out, he just casually stubbed out his cigarette and got everyone on a group call.
“You slept with all of them? How was it?”
Laughter exploded through the phone.
“Pretty flexible?”
“She was okay. Just a little uptight. Nothing like that actress I’ve been seeing.”
“Did you ever bother with her?”
“She moved like a plank of wood.”
My whole revenge plan was just a joke to him. He didn’t care at all.
I fell apart completely. I had a total breakdown, and Lewis had me committed to a psych facility.
I spent a year there.
Then finally—
Outside my window, a Bentley pulled into the courtyard and stopped.
Lewis had come to take me home.
He still remembered to come for me, but I had already forgotten how to love him.
The nurse pushed open the door.
“Mr. Lewis finished your discharge paperwork. You’re free to go.”
I nodded blankly.
As I walked out, I could hear a few nurses whispering behind me.
“Poor thing. Her own fiancé drove her to this.”
“What’s so sad about it? He’s gorgeous and loaded. He even pays for everything.”
“It’s not like he hit her. She should’ve just looked the other way.”
“Some people really don’t know how good they have it.”
A year ago, those words would have sent me spiraling.
Now they couldn’t even slow my steps.
Lewis was leaning against the Bentley, waiting.
I walked over.
He reached toward my face.
“You’ve lost weight.”
I tilted my head back slightly.
His hand hung in the air for a second, then dropped.
He opened the passenger door.
“Get in.”
There was a used lipstick on the seat.
Lewis snatched it out of my hand, rolled down the window, and tossed it out.
“My assistant left that. Don’t worry about it.”
I smiled faintly and said nothing.
That lipstick was Mia’s favorite brand.
My best friend’s.
Not that it mattered anymore.
I’d stopped caring a long time ago.