The Substitute Bride's Final Bow

Introduction

I loved Julian for three years.

All because my boyfriend, Jason, told me on his deathbed that the man he saved would live on for him—and love me in his place.

So, I treated Julian as an extension of Jason's life. Even when he treated me like a cheap stand-in for his first love, I didn't care.

Until I heard the truth with my own ears: Julian was never the man Jason saved.

Three years of devotion had been nothing more than a sick joke.

When his first love, Clara, crushed my hand under her heel, he protected her and told me I deserved it.