Chapter 3:
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Chapter 3.
orbin Vance woke up the next morning and halted upright when he didn’t hear his alarm. He panicked, thinking he was going to
late for one of his jobs
second later, reality hit hindi dudholtended in work himself to death anymore.
fore, he had slaved away at eight foleh ayda je to strape together enough for Brynn’s treatment and to pay off the mountain of bt. He had wanted to makeisere di Sioane and their daughter would be taken care of after he passed away.
ow, he knew none of that was DECORMALY
: cancelled all his shafstandbehok a cat-th his former home.
was the mansion whehehe ha dibil Sione had lived for five years. They had shared countless beautiful memories within those walls.
ter Shane told hith h hee company had gone bankrupt and the house was seized by debt collectors, he never dared to step foot near
place again
cented see in one last time before he died.
bende arvoded their former mansion, Corbin intended to just watch from a distance. However, he saw people milling about
has is at a party was in full swing. He couldn’t help but walk closer.
The decses: Sloane! She was draped in a stunning evening gown, leaning into Declan Thorne’s arms as she laughed and chatted
thehe guests.
thee comer of the lawn stood a massive, seven-tier luxury cake. Declan was clearly the guest of honor.
Brons as running around him, her face lit with excitement. “Papa Declan! It’s your birthday! Mom got you a super fancy gift.
essess what it is?”
Decian looked at Sloane, his curiosity piqued.
Sloane clapped her hands. A group of servers in black suits stepped forward, carrying an exquisite velve
uxury watch.
The moment Corbin saw the watch, the blood in his veins turned to ice.
That was the Sterling family heirloom. It was a treasure passed down through generations to the son-in-law. Whe Sloane, she had personally placed it on his wrist.
She had told him then that only her husband was worthy of wearing it.
Declan’s eyes widened with joy. Under the envious gazes of the crowd, he strapped the watch on his wrist.
The crowd erupted in thunderous applause.
Everyone was praising their “beautiful love.” Flowers and cheers surrounded Declan.
Only in a small, unnoticed corner, a few people whispered among themselves.
“Watt, wasn’t Ms Sterling’s husband a man named Vance? When did it become this Mr. Thorne? I never heard anything about a divorce and remarriage
Someone immediately cut them off “Keep your mouth shut. Who knows what rich people do behind closed doors? Ms. Steching takes him everywhere now He’s the Sterling family’s son in law in all but name”
The gossipers went silent and stepped forward to suck up to Declan
Dedan smiled gracefully, not bothering to deny the assumptions as he pulled Sloane closer
Corbin felt as if his heart had been sliced open by a dull blade
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imself into an early grave, Declan had already taken his place as her husband.
tome their love nest.
and fell into a deep, heavy sleep. He didn’t wake up until Sloane’s voice suddenly rang out
we floor and bolted out the door
rys strength was gone; every
- She wore a cheap, faded shirt and jeans. She walked toward him with a bright smile, holding
and I came home early just to celebrate with you.”
y was indeed his birthday.
birthday.
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e would ever have. Was he not even worth a whole cake? cake?
he spoke up with a guilty expression. “A cake costs $200. That’s ditonga no fighto feed our family for cent for Brynnie’s treatment. Please, just bear with it for nowookoy, okay?”
tress at a hotel tonight after someone left it behind. It’s still perfutperfoody good, so I brought it back
e years. Every time his birthday came around, Sloane told hutching home a leftover cake to
ught they were just lucky to find a cake where the frostingosing vas only slightly smashed.
they “got lucky” every single yeare year
ruth.
birthday cake he had ever eaten was Dedanddhon’s deftovers.
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