The Rose Letter

Synopsis

This was the last letter I ever wrote to Sebastian Shaw. The next day, he would be marrying the woman he'd been obsessed with for years, his perfect, untouchable Lexi Lloyd. As the wife he had been contractually married to for three years, I would be out of his life by sunset that day. My lawyer would hand him this letter along with my ashes. I could already see it. He'd skim it, frown, and think I was being dramatic, like I was making a big deal out of nothing. But there was never anything there to begin with. It had started with a contract, plain and simple. I played the role of his quiet, obedient wife, keeping his family off his back and shutting down all their matchmaking attempts. In return, he covered my mom's sky-high medical bills. Three years. No mess, no strings. Now the deal was up, and that was the end of it.