Stewart snapped at him before the glass reached my hand:

"Don't you know she's allergic to alcohol?"

So he remembered. After all this time, he actually remembered.

Then Vivian let out a teary little laugh.

"Silly. He was toasting Leonora, not me."

Stewart's face cleared. He gave a satisfied nod. "Oh, her. She can drink. Especially when she's entertaining clients."

The words burned through me until there was nothing left.

I'd told him I was allergic the very first day I joined Delgado Corp.

And every time there was a business dinner, I was the first one he sent to pour drinks.

I'd broken out in hives. I'd ended up in the hospital with a perforated stomach lining. He'd called me dramatic, said I was faking sick over a few glasses of wine.

It wasn't that he couldn't remember. He'd simply never cared. Not about me. Seeing him with Vivian made that unbearably clear.

I swallowed the bitterness, picked up the glass, and drained it in one go.

"Stewart Delgado, I wish you both a lifetime of happiness."

### Chapter 2

Stewart's brow furrowed instantly, his voice sharp with impatience.

"All I did was get a marriage certificate with Vivian. What's with the passive-aggressive attitude?"

"I know you're upset, so I'll give you a sum of money as compensation. That should be enough, right?"

I had already cried every tear I had for this man.

Wasting any more heartbreak on him wasn't worth it.

I held his gaze, steady and unblinking, and asked my final question.

"Stewart, in these six years, did you ever love me?"

His frown only deepened.

"You know Vivian's pregnant, and you insist on saying things like that in front of her? Are you trying to upset her?!"

"Just don't make a scene. After two years, I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you. Isn't that enough?"

The rest of his life making it up to me.

I had waited over two thousand days and nights for him to promise me forever.

Instead, I watched him give forever to someone else.

If what he felt for Vivian was only "like a sister," why would such a simple question threaten to break her heart?

There was no "rest of his life" left for me, Stewart. I couldn't afford to gamble anymore.

I turned to leave, but he suddenly remembered something and called me back.

"Contact all your friends and family right away. Tell them the wedding is off. Say you changed your mind at the last minute and decided you didn't want to marry me."

I nodded, calm.

"Fine."