(Lila)
I watched from across the street as Derek stepped out of the store, holding a small, gift-wrapped box in his hand. He glanced down at it for a moment, a smile tugging at his lips.
It didn’t take a genius to know who the gift was for. Olivia. Always Olivia. The sight of him, so devoted, so wrapped up in making her happy, made my skin crawl.
It wasn’t fair. After everything I’d gone through, after putting up with Aaron and his nonsense, I should have been the one to end up with someone like Derek.
Strong, successful, and loaded—everything I had wanted in a man. But somehow, Olivia had gotten him, even after the mess she’d been through with Aaron. And here I was, left picking up the pieces, trying to find my way out of the financial pit Aaron and I had dug ourselves into.
But I
