“Then why me?”
“Because you’re marrying him.”
“Already married.”
She winced.
“Sorry.”
I almost smiled.
Almost.
I filed for an annulment three days after the wedding.
Evan fought it.
He claimed Vanessa had manipulated me and that I was suffering from “wedding-day panic.”
That phrase appeared in a message he sent my father.
He told my mother I was overwhelmed.
He told Luke I had always been insecure about Vanessa.
He told anyone who would listen that I had thrown away our marriage because an unstable ex created a scene.
By the time my annulment was finalized, I no longer needed Vanessa’s story to decide what I believed.
I had a pattern.
Evan’s employer also reopened their internal review after learning he had pressured Vanessa to sign the statement.
He lost the partnership opportunity.
I do not know what happened after that.
I blocked him.
Vanessa and I did not become best friends.
