Her Ice Heart, His Bitter End

My father arranged my marriage to Liam, the man I' d secretly loved for a decade.

But on our wedding night, Liam, seeing only a gilded cage and forced manipulation, turned his back, muttering, "You got what you wanted, Ava."

He fled overseas for three years, leaving me to raise our daughter, Grace, alone.

He returned with his ex-girlfriend Chloe and her daughter Skylar.

Liam shamelessly favored Skylar, explicitly neglecting Grace, even re-gifting Chloe's old scarf to me.

Confirmation of his true life came from a public video where he boasted of "peak happiness" with Chloe and her child.