No Longer Your Pawn. The CEO's Ex-Wife Shines Alone

On the day of our engagement party, Julian abandoned me in front of hundreds of guests to comfort his childhood friend, Vivian, who claimed her "depression" was acting up again.

Everyone expected to see me fall apart in disgrace. Instead, I turned around and married his older brother, Dominic Sterling, the heir to the Sterling empire.

At our first high-profile charity gala as husband and wife, Dominic fastened an exquisite necklace of his own design around my neck under flashing cameras.

Across the ballroom, Julian's face turned deathly pale. He crushed the wine glass in his bare hand.