Betrayed By The Fiance: The Unsinkable Heiress

My first life ended in the icy, unforgiving grasp of the Hudson River.

The memory of the dark water choking me, burning my lungs, was as real as the silk sheets I lay on now.

Ethan' s voice, a blade to my soul, still pierced me: "You deserve it, Ava, for stealing Chloe' s life."

Noah, the kind cousin who, despite his weak heart, desperately tried to save me, struggled and disappeared beneath the waves alongside me.

Then, miraculously, I gasped awake in my opulent SoHo bedroom, sunlight warming my face, a stark contrast to the cold dread that now gripped me.