"I swear I will make them pay with everything I have. I will use my very own blood to sign the documents that will end them if I must!” To Champagne Gold, life was always like a fast-moving truck with no brakes and a drunk driver, one she couldn't avoid. At the age of five, she lost her parents in a helicopter crash. Life after that was one problem to another but she held on... until her grandfather passed away as well. With his death came the loss of her position of CEO and her hard-earned shares. As if that was not enough, she was served with divorce papers and the revelation of her husband's adultery with her cousin. Dealt with one too many blows, Champagne sought to end it all. Perhaps she could be reincarnated or whisked away to another world like the books she read before, but that was not to be. Instead, a mysterious man entered her life. "Rather than escape like a coward, I can give you the power and resources to carry out your revenge. I have but one condition―marry me.” Champagne held her lips between her teeth and took the offer. However, just when she believed her new life was going smoothly, she found out another painful secret. One more painful than any she had discovered before. She had undergone a uterus removal procedure and she didn't even know it. Now Champagne is more determined than ever to get revenge on everyone who wronged her. She would do and give everything to make them pay for taking away something so precious from her.
I know I said the weather today was warm, and I was telling the truth. But right now I'm feeling a different kind of warmth.
And it's coming from Duke.
"What were you talking about with Mary?"
He's asking when he clearly already knows. He wants to hear me say it with my own mouth while facing him. Is this one of what he meant when he talked about being intentional?
"Why did you run off?" I'm sure he knows the reason. My blushing cheeks must be screaming the reason to him right now. "What are you trying to hide from me?"
Since it has come to this, I can only get more embarrassed, nothing more. It's time to come clean. No more hiding, no more holding back…
"I love you." I profess.
"Pagne—" He calls my name… Better still, he breathes it out.