Chapter 4

"Married?"

Damian acted like I'd just told the funniest joke in the world.

He bent down,his fingertips tracing a teasing line along my jaw.

"It's been a while.I thought you'd finally come around.Why kill the mood with all this boring marriage talk?Who are you marrying?Because I have no plans to propose."

Of course I knew that.

He'd made that clear when he staged the scene to humiliate me.

After five solid years,I thought we were finally ready.

I was going to introduce him to my parents,to start planning our future.

Instead,at our own anniversary party,I walked in on him with another woman.

I ran from the Hamptons villa,stumbling onto the dark coastal road.

My ankle twisted,a sharp pain shooting up my leg.

As I waited for my friend to pick me up,I heard Damian talking to his business partners.

"Damian,wasn't that too cruel?"his partner asked.

Damian just sounded casual,unbothered.

"I overheard her on the phone with her sister.Said the‘time was right'to meet her parents.I'm not getting tied down.This was a way to get her to back off.I'm too young to be chained to one woman."

His friend snickered.

"What if she's for real this time?What if she actually leaves you?"