Ten Years of Love, Ended in Betrayal

It was devastating to finally face the truth—that Corwin Sterling, the powerful man I had devoted ten long years of my life to, had never intended to make me his wife. Not once did marriage truly cross his mind, no matter how many times he led me to believe otherwise.

For a decade, I remained by his side, embedded in his world, holding tightly to promises that now felt hollow and cruel. He told me I was the woman he had chosen. That he loved me. That one day, I would stand beside him publicly as Mrs. Sterling, the woman everyone would recognize as his partner. I believed him.