What about Nina?” I said.
Liam opened his mouth to argue, but I cut him off.
“That deal you landed all those years ago–it wasn’t fate, was it? Nina arranged it for you,
didn’t she?”
His silence was all the confirmation I needed.
“You owe her, Liam,” I said. “Her family’s falling apart. She needs you.”
Liam didn’t deny it.
And I didn’t need him to.
The truth was, the social circles Liam and Nina came from were small, and news traveled
fast. It wasn’t hard to piece things together.
When Nina’s father cut off Liam’s business connections years ago, it wasn’t out of spite. It
was because the family was in trouble.
Desperate to protect her family, Nina had been sent al road to keep her out of the fallout.
But she couldn’t let go of Liam.
She’d secretly sent his portfolio to a business partner, begging them to give him one last
chance.
And Liam, to his credit, took that chance and ran with it.
He rebuilt his success from the ground up, but in the process, he and Nina lost touch.
She came back because her father was dying, and the family was out of options. A
marriage with Liam was their best hope of survival.
And honestly? They were perfect for each other.
Liam’s phone buzzed.
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I didn’t need to guess who it was.
He glanced at the screen, his face pale.
“It’s Nina,” he said quietly. “Her dad…”
His voice trailed off, but I could hear the anguish in it.
Even I couldn’t help but feel sympathy. Nina’s sobs on the other end of the line were audible even from where I stood.
I watched as Liam turned and walked away.
He didn’t look back.
As I stood there, watching his retreating figure, I finally understood.
This was the end of our story.
And that was okay.
