Chapter 26: The Sruggle
OLIVER Everything went wrong at once. First: King Consulting lost our biggest client. Tech startup that had kept us afloat. […]
OLIVER Everything went wrong at once. First: King Consulting lost our biggest client. Tech startup that had kept us afloat. […]
HANNAH Six months of marriage. Six months of perfect. Well. Perfect-ish. We were still broke. Still fighting legal battles. Still
OLIVER Connor dropped the fraud charges the next week. No explanation. No press conference. Just a quiet withdrawal that made
HANNAH Connor wanted to meet. Coffee shop. Public. “Just to talk.” I knew it was a mistake. Knew Oliver would
HANNAH The media storm lasted two weeks. Every gossip site. Every news outlet. Everyone had an opinion about us. Some
HANNAH The Plaza lobby erupted into chaos. Photographers. Guests. Board members streaming out, looking furious. Vivian appeared, still in her
OLIVER Vivian called me three days after Hannah left. “Come to my apartment. We need to talk.” I went. Didn’t
HANNAH The two weeks with Oliver were perfect. Too perfect. We dated like normal people. Coffee dates. Movie nights. Long
HANNAH One month passed. Thirty days of silence. Of rebuilding. Of pretending I was fine. I wasn’t fine. I’d moved
HANNAH I woke up to my phone exploding. Texts. Calls. Notifications. All saying the same thing. Did you see? Oh