Soulmate On Stage Fiancé No More

"Mature?"

I repeated the word, stalking toward Liam, one deliberate step at a time.

"Liam, I've been so mature for so long that you've forgotten exactly who you're dealing with."

Liam's brow tightened.

He seemed stunned by my sudden spine, taking a reflexive step back.

"Ava, have you lost your mind? Do you want to be a city-wide spectacle?"

His face was a grim mask, his usual calm composure completely gone.

But I just looked at him with pure contempt.

"So you do have a sense of shame? I thought after a stunt like tonight, you'd forgotten the meaning of the word."

A flash of fury crossed Liam's face, and for a second, he looked like he might explode.

But he swallowed his anger, forcing a slick smile. "Sweetheart," he purred, "just go home. I promise, I'll make this up to you tonight."

I shoved him away and strode directly toward the reporters.

"Everyone, you want an exclusive headline, don't you?"

"Fine. I'll give you your headline. And you'd better get every last word of it."

I stared down the gauntlet of reporters as flashes exploded in my face.

Liam's expression went rigid, and he lunged to stop me.

"Ava, don't say anything you'll regret!"

A vein throbbed in his temple.

But I just let out a cold laugh and looked straight into the nearest camera.

"From this moment on, Liam Davis is no one's fiancé."

"Because when I, Ava Sinclair, throw something in the trash, it's free for anyone else to pick up."

The moment I finished, the press corps erupted.

Liam's face turned deathly pale.

He stared at me, his expression one of utter disbelief.

Perhaps he truly believed that no matter how much I suffered, I would never, ever have the nerve to be the one who ended it.

At this point, Seraphina couldn't hold back any longer.

"Shut up! You have no right to talk about Liam like that! He has nothing to do with you anymore!" she shrieked, pointing a trembling finger at me.

Her reaction was completely different from Liam's.

After all, she had no idea who Liam's real benefactor was.

I sneered.

"Oh, really? Still want to argue about it?"

My gaze sliced to Seraphina.

"Liam and I have been together for ten years. Our wedding is in three days. I refuse to believe you didn't know."

"So, what did you do?"

"When you were up on that stage, wrapping yourself around another woman's fiancé, did you ever stop to think you'd end up right here, right now?"