Chapter 4: The House of Cards
The irony was suffocating. The woman who had been his "reward" for betraying Claire was now his greatest tormentor. Vanessa took what little cash was left and left him in the dead of night, leaving a note that was essentially a laugh on paper.
Mark, broken and desperate, finally did what he swore he wouldn't. He swallowed his pride and went to the only place he knew Claire would be: her childhood home, a modest, peaceful house she had kept off the books for years.
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He stood on the porch, waiting for the woman he had tried to throw out. When the door opened, he didn't see the broken wife from the party. He saw a CEO in her own right. She wasn't holding a phone to threaten him; she was holding a cup of tea, looking at him as if he were a distant, slightly annoying memory.
"I didn't come for the money, Claire," he lied, his voice cracking. "I came for us."
