She steps onto the terrace at the gala and finds her husband with another woman-the one his family always wanted him to marry.Her hand on his chest.“Maybe I chose wrong.”
On paper, Gideon Montgomery is every woman’s dream husband. Billionaire. Charming. The man who walked into a diner two years ago and married a broke cocktail waitress - an ordinary girl who never belonged in his rich world.
He tells her she’s the best thing in his life. He tells her she belongs.
He just never stands up for her.
Not when his mother treats her like dirt. Not when the whole room whispers behind her back. Not when other women circle him - at the parties, by the pool, on his arm - like she isn’t even there.
So Ellie doesn’t beg. She doesn’t fight. She takes off her wedding ring, packs a bag, and disappears into a tiny town where no one knows her name. She gets a job at an ice cream shop and starts over.
And she’s hiding one secret: she’s pregnant with his baby.
When Gideon finally finds her, he’s ready to grovel - to give up the money, the mansion, everything to win her back. But his mother fights dirty, showing up with divorce papers and a check, sure that every woman has a price.
Ellie isn’t for sale. And she isn’t the scared girl she used to be.
He chose his world over her. Now she’s choosing herself.
