I Called Off The Alliance At Dawn Novel

Chapter 7 My father was furious about the deal falling through. The losses were catastrophic. The Harringtons became public enemy number one. James and his father went door to door apologizing. And Jessica? She lost her mind and posted their marriage certificate online. him. [We're legally married. Nothing wrong with that. Shut up, you trolls. Emily Peterson is the homewrecker.] She thought she was in the right and argued with anyone who disagreed. But people noticed the date, the day after my wedding.

They mocked her for threatening suicide to trap [I heard she threatened to jump on their wedding night. Cops and firefighters showed up and everything.] [So shameless. Literally forced him to marry her.] [He's not any better. If he'd kept his dick in his pants; none of this 'would've happened.] [Rich people drama. They deserve each other.] Seeing the backlash, she got angry and called them jealous haters. [You peasants can't even imagine the life I live now.] She went all in, flexing her designer bags and sports cars online, desperate to prove how happy she was.

Her little show pissed off the board again. The Harringtons had barely smoothed things over with their shares, and now she'd stirred everything back up. "Jessica, you just can't behave, can you? If you weren't carrying my kid, I'd have thrown you out already." James came home from another exhausting day of groveling, only to find she'd started more trouble, The constant apologies, the humiliation, it was wearing him down. He was one step away from a breakdown. But for the family's sake, he swallowed it. The mockery, the insults, the blame. The court of public opinion was brutal.

Every day was torture. He texted me from different numbers. [Emily, please stop blocking me.] Chapter 7 77.78% [I can't take much more. Tell me where you are. Let me see you.] [Emily, she's threatening me with the baby. If I divorce her, she says she'll kill herself and the kid. She's insane.] I kept changing my number. He kept finding me. Finally, I snapped and called him back. "James, you're the one who's insane. This is harassment. One more message and I'm having you arrested." "You... you finally picked up." The relief in his voice made me sick. I hung up.

I switched to using my assistant's phone for work. I thought he'd finally given up. Then one morning, I went for a run and there he was. "You've got to be kidding me." He smiled when he saw me and hurried over. He'd lost so much weight. Dark circles under his eyes. "Going for a run? Can I join you?" I turned to go back inside. He caught my wrist. "My leg hurts so bad. The old wound opened up again." Pale, pathetic, playing the victim. I pulled away. "Go to a hospital. I'm not a doctor." He stepped back, looking at me with a bitter smile. "You've changed, Emily." "People change.

You did too." I hit the elevator button. His eyes were red. "I'm sorry." The word meant nothing. I glared at his hand blocking the door. Slowly, he pulled it back. 77.78% As the doors closed, I saw him cry. James Harrington. Crying. Pathetic.. admin