My ex abandoned me and our son for a wealthy man—ten years later, she invited me to her wedding, so I hired an actress to pose as my wife.

enough to break my heart.

“You only wanted me here because of how it would look,” he said.

Every head in the room turned toward him.

He looked at Monica.

“Dad was there. You weren’t.”

Monica stared at him like she could not believe he had interrupted her performance.

He didn’t make a scene. That was almost worse.

“Liam,” she said sharply, “not now.”

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