So they decided I would be perfect for the job, and began grooming me.
It was the deal I made with them and my ticket to stay close to Liam.
Later on, when I was back in the country, the family decided to test my capabilities and make me prove myself.
When I started at the company I was just a normal assistant.
I slowly moved up the ladder, through late nights and stressful meetings
and deals.
I clawed my way up until I became acting CEO, then had the ‘right‘ to marry Liam.
I was the puppet, without any real power, but I was willing to sacrifice everything
Liam and I became an item in college.
Soon after graduation his grandfather got us married, but no party.
He told me when I had proven myself to be the family’s CEO, then we would announce my identity, and we’d have the wedding we’d always
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And that had been 3 years ago.
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I was pouring myself into work, trying to make a future for me and Liam.
But what I didn’t know was that Liam had gotten used to my dependency, and was starting to hate that I was boring.
I didn’t have time for his photography, or his art projects.
And that was when Sarah showed up.
Liam had met her at an art show, and she joined his studio team.
They shared the love for art and photography, with so many common points.
She got what he was doing with his art, and how he wanted to express his feelings through the lens.
And Sarah quickly took over a chunk of Liam’s heart.
And what about me? I was too busy working all day, and wasn’t interested in spending time with him.
Liam became distant, spending all his time at his studio.
By the time I realized things were bad, all I could do was believe him when he said Sarah was ‘just a friend‘.
I loved him so much, and I didn’t want us to just fade away.
So I wanted to use our wedding as a last ditch effort to get his love back.
Until I heard Sarah asked him the day we shot our wedding photos.
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“Is this okay with us, taking these intimate pictures?”
And Liam’s response to Sarah was, “I only take pictures with the ones I love. And I only want it to be with you.”
And then came the photos, on the eve of what would have been my wedding day.
The photos of Sarah and Liam.
Sarah was even wearing that see–through negligee that was meant to be a wedding gift for me.
I had dreamt of wearing it on my wedding night.
I was forced to see it worn by Sarah instead.
It was at that moment that everything came crashing down.
The harsh reality was that Liam didn’t love me anymore.
And I knew, that I had to let this one–sided love go.
Liam was more ruthless than I’d expected. He canceled my credit cards and restricted my accounts.
So I was stuck with moving into the company dorms.
The next day, I went to work like nothing had happened. As I was going over some things with my assistant, she started acting weird, like she wanted to say something.
Before I could ask, my phone was ringing off the hook from Liam. He was livid.
“Chloe, the wedding is starting soon! Are you going to work until the world explodes?!”
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