Sometimes to love is to let go.
He was standing by the window, looking outside. Following his gaze, I saw him looking adorably at his soon to be wife Bella who was dressed in her white wedding gown looking like an angel.
" She is beautiful, isn't she?", I gently asked, my voice almost inaudible.
" Yeah she is.", his back still towards me.
"You love her, don't you?", I asked this question, the answer to which I knew already.
" Yes",he answered as he slowly turned towards me.
Just one word and my world shattered.
It was just a year ago I was the one Christian Walters loved. And now he was declaring his love for Bella Scarlett.
Who was I, Athena Walters, now?
Oh right his WIFE.
Who was soon going to have the privilege of seeing her current husband marrying someone else and being a bridesmaid.
I should have fought for us, I was and am his wife.
But somehow, in this one year, in this love triangle, I became the Other Woman .
And since I loved him, I let him go.
Grief-stricken over the death of the boss who was like a father to her, Olivia Bailey is left to deal with the aftermath--the arrival of his dashing but estranged son, Pierce Alexander. But she can't stand him and he doesn't trust her. Will working for the new CEO remain to be an impossible task?
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Olivia Bailey might be plain and boring, but she's content with her current lifestyle, working for the kind but lonely old man who owns Alexander Corporation. But his untimely death flips her simple life upside down. Now, she must deal with his estranged son, the heir to his business empire, together with the growing feelings building up between them. Will Olive manage to bear the pressure and issues cropping up along the way--or is this too much to ask?
Disclaimer: This story won The Wattys 2014 People's Choice Award.
Cover Design by Ashley Marie Bandy