Chapter 4

The person the lawyer sent over to show me the ropes at the company would be arriving in three days.

After everything was settled, I finally felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Staring at the endless string of zeros in my bank account, I was filled with pure happiness.

On a whim, I called up my best friend and we went browsing at the luxury boutiques I'd never let myself splurge at for years.

We'd been together for seven years, and even though Marcel had more money than he could spend, he'd never bought me…