Chapter 5: Blue Balloons and Black Hearts
Chapter 5: Blue Balloons and Black Hearts
Dominic wasted no time moving on. Exactly ninety days after serving me divorce papers in a hospital bed, he announced his engagement to Brooke across every social media platform. The internet ate it up—the handsome, brooding tech CEO and his beautiful, pregnant new bride.
Olivia proudly posted a barrage of photos featuring extravagant blue balloons, custom-made velvet baby clothes, and lavish floral centerpieces. Her caption made my stomach turn: “Finally celebrating the upcoming arrival of the true heir of the Vance family. The bloodline is secure.”
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I watched the nauseating spectacle from the shadows of my estate, cradling Grace as she drank her morning bottle. They were planning a massive, highly publicized wedding at the city’s grandest cathedral. It was a multi-million dollar affair funded by platinum corporate credit cards that, unbeknownst to Dominic, were now tied to a dummy account Leo was preparing to liquidate on the day of the ceremony.
I walked over to my mahogany desk and pulled out a thick, high-grade manila envelope. Inside were two pieces of paper. One was the certified, notarized medical record from the fertility clinic. The other was something far more devastating.
