Flames of Betrayal

Summary

Nine years into my "non-cohabiting partnership" with Simon, his father passed away.

The first condition in his will was simple: Simon and Ella had to conceive a child.

On the day the child turned one month old, Simon would inherit his father's fortune.

Simon told me this himself—the night I walked in on them tangled in our bed.

Afterward, as he took a slow drag from his cigarette, he murmured, "Lily, just wait a little longer. Once I get the inheritance, I'll marry you."

But he went back on his word.