Chapter 1

After five years together, on the day of my wedding dress fitting, my fiancé, Liam, abandoned me alone at the bridal shop.

He had to rush my sister Ashley's pet cat, which had a mild case of diarrhea, to the emergency vet.

Over the phone, his voice was filled with impatience.

"Chloe, can you stop being so dramatic? Is a cat's life not more important than you trying on some dress?"

"Fine, then the wedding is off."

I calmly took off the custom-made wedding dress, worth three hundred thousand dollars.

He was convinced I was just throwing a tantrum. After all, everyone knew I loved him without an ounce of dignity.

He thought that in less than three days, I would come crawling back to him, begging him to reconcile, just like before.

But he didn't know I had just landed an offer from a multinational investment bank, with an annual salary of three million, and was about to leave.

As for him?

Whoever wants him, can have him.

After all, love that comes too late is worthless.

And my life, it was just beginning.