My fiancé, Parker, had a favorite way of humiliating me.
He would present two options, one top-tier and one second-rate, then let me “choose first” in front of everyone.
After I’d made my choice, he’d invent some perfectly reasonable excuse to give the better one to my dazzling twin sister, Vivian.
This time, it was our wedding china.
Pointing to the Italian bone china I had just picked out, he told the sales clerk, “Put this set under Miss Vivian’s name. She has more use for it.”
He expected me to do what I always did—nod obediently and accept the lesser set. Accept that he would always put my sister first. Accept that his love was a consolation prize, offered to me only after she’d turned him down.
But he didn’t know.
Every time he let me “choose first,” he was announcing to the world: *You don’t deserve the best.*
Every time he praised me for being “so easy,” he was pushing me one step closer to walking away for good.
I looked at him and smiled.
He had no idea that every “best” thing he saved for my sister was just paving the way for my own disappearance.
This grand wedding was about to be short one bride.
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 13 After Zara said that, my heart refused to quiet down. Aidan really was coming around more. Sometimes, once he’d dropped Sam off, he’d linger. He would pull out his own tools and settle at the old wooden table in the corner, quietly […]
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 12 After that small burst of online fame, my life turned blessedly busy. Along with restoring furniture, I started taking on custom commissions. At first, I assumed every knock at my gate was a new client. Then one afternoon, a soft knock came.
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 11 The wind in Santa Fe was dry and warm, carrying the scent of pine and sun-baked earth. In the small courtyard of the casita I was renting, I was restoring an old Spanish Colonial chair. The rasp of sandpaper on wood was
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 10 The car screeched to a halt in front of the Four Seasons. Cormac was out before it had fully stopped. He rushed to the elevator and went straight up to the bridal suite. He rang the bell again and again. No answer.
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 09 Marguerite’s award ceremony was a triumph. Before the taste of champagne had even faded from their mouths, Cormac and my family swept into the Country Club, spirits high. But the scene at the wedding venue was not what they’d expected. Guests loitered
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 08 On my wedding day, the sky was still dark. The whole house was ablaze with light, but not for the bride. My mother and the stylist were fussing over Marguerite, choosing the perfect outfit for her award ceremony. The makeup artist was
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 07 I looked at Cormac, at the satisfied, I-knew-you’d-be-reasonable expression on his face. I’d seen that look a thousand times. I suddenly remembered years ago, when I won a gold medal in a national craft competition, the first one I’d ever entered. I
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 06 I went back to my room, shutting the door on the eager chatter about converting my wedding into an investor conference. I opened my closet and packed a few changes of clothes and a small toolkit, tucking them into the corner of
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 05 The birthday dinner hadn’t even ended before the conversation swung to the wedding. My mother dabbed the corner of her mouth with a napkin and looked straight past me to address Cormac. “Cormac, is the guest list finalized? Your father’s friends from
He Gave Her The Best So I Left Him With Nothing Chapter 04 Marguerite and I had our birthday dinner at the Chicago Country Club. When I pushed open the door to the private dining room, our family and friends were already seated around a long table with Marguerite at its center. She had just
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