When the Devoted Fiancé Walks Away

Summary

Madeline Sinclair was born with the kind of money that didn’t need to announce itself, which was why her closest friend—a ruthless family-law attorney named Garrett Bell—had spent the better part of two years convinced I was an opportunistic parasite playing the long game.

Garrett loved giving Madeline unsolicited lectures over single malt scotch.

"I’ve spent seven years in family court, Maddie," he’d say, leaning back with that practiced, cynical smirk. "I know how guys from small-town backgrounds operate. They come from nothing, so they compensate with saint-like devotion.