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I was married to Charles Ford for five years. I took him from a nobody living in a rundown apartment and built him into a billionaire. The moment his first love came back, he handed me divorce papers. He said, "Emily is back. Olivia, sign it. Don't make me lose what little dignity is left between us." I picked up the pen. Under his contemptuous stare, I signed my name. The moment the pen left the paper, a thousand piercing voices exploded in my mind. My mother: "My Olivia, I'm so sorry. The truth is, you're actually the real..." My best friend: "If only I'd told her sooner what a complete bastard Charles really is..." And finally, Charles's voice, a gut-wrenching, bloodied scream of pure regret. "Olivia, don't leave me. I was wrong... Please... Don't die." I froze. I found I could hear them, the last words everyone would ever say to me.