Chapter 115

Nicole's POV The words echoed in my mind like a death knell, reverberating through every carefully constructed plan I'd built for our future together. "It's over, Nicole. We're done." Adrian's voice had been so cold, so final, as if everything we'd shared meant nothing more than a passing inconvenience he was ready to discard. I stood frozen in our bedroom doorway, watching him gather his belongings with mechanical precision. Each item he placed in his suitcase felt like another nail in the coffin of everything I'd worked for, everything I'd sacrificed to secure my position in his world. "You can't be serious," I said, my voice barely above a whisper as the reality of what was happening crashed over me like ice water. "Adrian, we're engaged. We're supposed to be planning our mating ceremony." He didn't even look up from folding his shirts, his movements deliberate and efficient as if he'd been planning this moment for weeks. "The engagement is off, Nicole. I can't do this anymore. I ca