Chapter 2

Serena’s fury vanished in a second, replaced by a bashful blush as she gazed at Julian.

Julian, caught off guard by the staring crowd, suddenly looked panicked.

He had probably just wanted to ruin my wedding and show off that his kid could inherit my fortune.

He never expected me to cut ties so cleanly.

Julian forced an awkward chuckle. "Hey, I was just joking. It's obviously best if you two have your own kids."

The out was right there, but Serena was too prideful to take it.

She was still fuming over what I had said.

She turned and yelled at me, "I would never have a baby with him! He disgusts me! Just having him touch me makes my skin crawl!"

Now I disgusted her? When she took my money, used my resources, and flexed my wealth to feed her vanity, she didn't find my money disgusting, did she?

A bitter chuckle escaped my throat. It felt as though all my organs had frozen over.

We had dated for three years, and she never let me touch her. Even after planning the wedding, she refused to sleep in the same bed.

So the truth was, I simply disgusted her.

Looking at her now, her face looked twisted and venomous. Her heart was thoroughly rotten.

After she schemed against me right to my face, how could I ever look back?

She thought I wouldn't dare walk out. She thought I was too weak to leave.

Today, I was going to prove her wrong.

Serena was nothing to me anymore.

It was truly over.

That evening, my phone buzzed non-stop with sympathy texts from friends.

I didn't open a single one.

Reading them would only reopen the wound and remind me of the pathetic things I had done for Serena.

I had been blind enough to believe she was just an innocent girl who believed in pure love.

I thought if I treated her well enough, I could melt her cold exterior.

I thought she would eventually love me with the same devotion she once gave Julian.

Turns out, I was utterly wrong.

All my pampering and compromises had been one giant joke.

Serena’s obsession with Julian was borderline psychotic.

Even though Julian had married another woman and had a kid with her, Serena was still willing to drop everything to crawl back and raise his child.

I hadn't even known Julian would be at the venue today.

Serena had told me she found an adorable little boy to be our ring bearer.

I had thought she was softening up, that she was getting ready to start a family with me.

I was so happy. I swore to myself I would spoil her twice as hard.

Who knew it was an ambush cooked up between her and Julian all along?

They wanted to trap me in public and force me to surrender my assets.

I opened my feed and looked at all the photos Serena had made me post to prove my devotion.

My eyes burned, and nausea hit my stomach like a freight train.

I began deleting every trace of her. Halfway through, I saw a new post pop up from Serena.

It was a photo of her leaning against Julian's shoulder, their fingers tightly intertwined.

Her caption read: [Five years of circles, and he still brought me back to our favorite college BBQ spot. As long as you turn around, I'll always be waiting.]