OLIVIA
“This is the last of it,” Lilian said, dropping the box with a grunt. She wiped her forehead and blew out a breath. “Hard to believe you fit your whole life into five boxes.”
I smiled faintly but kept my eyes on the building in front of me. “Thanks,” I said.
I didn’t move, just stood there taking it all in. My new apartment was old, had worn edges, and bricks chipped from too many winters. Wildflowers climbed the metal railings, softening the cracks and rust. It couldn’t have been more different from Dominic’s mansion.
I wrapped my arms around myself. This was it. My new beginning. My freedom.
It wasn’t the life I once pictured, not the future I thought I’d have when I married one of the fast rising men in the industry. It wasn’t the sleek high-rise I lived in back when I was
