I never told my boyfriend’s arrogant parents that I was the one who owned the bank holding all their debt. To them, I was just “some barista with no future.” At their luxury yacht party, his mother sneered and shoved a drink into my hands, spilling it down my dress. “Staff should stay below deck,” she said coldly. His father laughed. “Careful—don’t ruin the furniture.”

and clear, the kind of day that seemed full of potential. Carter left her office with the weight of the decision heavy in her chest. She’d told herself it was for closure, that she had nothing left to gain by seeing Ethan again, but deep down, she knew it was more complicated than that.

When she arrived at the park, the air was cool, the leaves rustling continue reading …