Chapter 4: The Omission
POV: Rory Dominic doesn’t come home until three AM. I’m still awake. Sitting on the couch. Staring at that obituary […]
POV: Rory Dominic doesn’t come home until three AM. I’m still awake. Sitting on the couch. Staring at that obituary […]
POV: Celeste I’m dancing. The studio is full of light. Music pours through the speakers—something classical, sweeping, beautiful. My body
POV: Dominic Five years ago. I’m driving home from work when it happens. The call. “Mr. Ashford?” A woman’s voice.
POV: Rory I wake up to my husband’s hand on my waist. Dominic is already awake, watching me with those
On their second anniversary, he got a call from the hospital. His first wife—the one who died four years ago—just
POV: Valencia The park looks exactly the same. That’s the thing about this particular corner of the city — it
POV: Valencia The honeymoon in the Philippines is Dominic’s idea, which surprises her. “Your homeland,” he said during planning, the
POV: Dominic The morning of the wedding, Dominic wakes before his alarm to find Jules standing in the doorway of
POV: Valencia Wedding planning with a billionaire fiancé turns out to be simultaneously easier and more complicated than anything Valencia
POV: Dominic Planning the perfect proposal is considerably harder than building a tech empire. Dominic has negotiated billion-dollar acquisitions with