Introduction

I was Ethan Miller, an aspiring architect, deeply in love with Olivia Beaumont, the formidable CEO of a New York luxury empire.

Our bond seemed unbreakable, her passion fierce, almost consuming.

I was her world, or so I believed.

But that possessive love, tangled with her power, brought three devastating betrayals.

It began with a jarring public humiliation involving a charismatic musician she' d "discovered."

My quiet professional dream was mocked.

Then my trust was shattered further when she confessed a desperate, illicit pregnancy, blaming family pressure for the child being his, not mine.

My heart broke again, but I still clung to the hope of the woman who once chased me.

The final, soul-crushing blow: she publicly gifted my late mentor' s priceless manifesto, a symbol of my core identity, directly to the man who' d stolen my place.

How could the woman who claimed to live for me so relentlessly dismantle my life, leaving me a ghost of my former self?

Every painful revelation left me questioning if her love was a blessing or a curse.

Broken beyond repair, I shed my old life.

I became Adam Carter, fleeing to a quiet Oregon town to rebuild.

But Olivia Beaumont, unwilling to relinquish her hold, tracked me down.

Her desperate, final attempt to reclaim me involved a shocking revelation and a treacherous act, forcing a confrontation that would decisively close our destructive chapter and reveal the true depths of betrayal.