My Mother Chose Her Lover's Son Over Me

I took out a loan to open a restaurant, and out of nowhere business exploded.

Once I had something steady under me, I got ready to propose to my girlfriend. But before the ring ever reached her finger, a fire tore through my restaurant and burned it down to nothing.

I didn't just lose everything. I owed the bank a million on top of it.

Two blows at once. The grief was so heavy I blacked out.

When I opened my eyes again, every single person around me was gone.

Alone, carrying that grief, I went looking for my fiancée, only to end up outside her private dining room, overhearing her and her…