Chapter 4

The newest skincare set? Bought.

Trendy clothes and bags? Yes, please!

Gym membership, spa package—got them both!

Bianca watched me spend money like water, her eyes wide in disbelief.

“Vivian, aren’t you worried Nathan’s going to lose it?”

I admired my purchases with satisfaction.

“Who cares? I’m spending my own savings. He has no say in it!”

I posted a picture of my shopping haul on Instagram to celebrate this new chapter of my life, but then I saw that Nathan had already posted something first.

He’d tagged me, too, with a snarky caption:

“Took Carter out for fried chicken. He says I’m his favorite!”

In the picture, they were smiling, faces pressed together, in front of a table full of junk food.

Typical.

I rolled my eyes.