Reborn With A Vow: Never His Again
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Chapter 2

The murmurs turned to snickers, then open mockery directed at Sarah, still standing alone at the podium.

"Well, that was unexpected."

"Poor Sarah Miller, jilted at her own engagement."

"Always knew she was desperate for him."

Tiffany, now on her feet, clinging to Rick' s arm, looked towards Sarah with an expression of saccharine concern.

"Oh, Rick," Tiffany simpered, her voice just loud enough to carry. "Sarah's been by your side for so long... This is terribly cruel to her, isn't it?"

Rick turned, his eyes, which Sarah now recognized held no genuine warmth for her, only calculation, swept over Sarah with contempt.

"Cruel?" he scoffed. "Sarah knew the score. She' s a pathetic, desperate social climber. All those years, all those sacrifices she claims she made? That was her own doing, trying to trap me. I owe her nothing."

The words, so similar to accusations he' d hurled in their past life, no longer cut Sarah.

They were just...noise.

With a newfound calm that felt alien yet deeply right, Sarah reached for the microphone Rick had abandoned.

Her voice was steady, clear.

"Actually, Rick, I was about to make an announcement of my own."

All eyes snapped to her.

"I was going to publicly decline your proposal."

A beat of stunned silence.

"And announce my resignation from Innovatech Solutions, effective immediately."

Rick' s face purpled. "Sour grapes, Sarah? Playing hard to get now that I've chosen Tiffany? It' s a pathetic display."

Someone in the crowd yelled, "She' s just trying to save face!"

Rick stalked towards her. "Stop this degrading charade, Sarah. You' re embarrassing yourself."

He reached her, his face inches from hers, his voice a low snarl.

He shoved her, hard. "Don't you dare try to ruin this for me and Tiffany."

Sarah stumbled back a step but held her ground. The physical assault was a pale echo of the bullets.

            
            

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