The Stand-In Who Burned It All

For ten years, I was just a stand-in for Ethan Reid and Adrian Cross.

When Isabella came back, she stole my design drafts and put her name on them.

They said they'd love me forever.

Then I found them in bed with her. They were calling her "baby" while she moaned beneath them."

That's when I knew. Isabella was the one they'd really loved all along.

I packed my bags. Burned every photo we'd taken. Left for Milan.

Later, they knelt in the rain, begging me to come back.

But I held my fiancé's arm and looked down at them. I tossed them a check.