Chapter 4After I Made Him Don, He Cheated on Me

I went back to the estate and began packing my things.

This was the home Alexander had promised me. I'd lived here with him for five years.

And now, he'd destroyed that home with his own hands.

There was nothing left here worth staying for.

When Alexander came home, he found me quietly packing my things with my back to him.

He walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Evelyn, stop being difficult."

The moment his body pressed against mine, my skin crawled with disgust.

He leaned closer and whispered in my ear, "We need a child. We need an heir. The Roswell family needs one, and so does the Slade family. Sienna's baby is going to be our baby. Our heir."

My hands froze.

Then I turned around and shoved him away.

"Spare me your lies, Alexander. You betrayed everything we had. I was willing to put my body through round after round of IVF because I loved you. We're finished."

Alexander stared at me as if he couldn't believe what he'd just heard.

With nothing more to say, I turned to leave.

He grabbed my wrist and yanked me against his chest.

"I won't allow it, Evelyn. I won't let you leave me. You'll be the only woman I ever marry. Without you, my life means nothing."

I tore myself free and slapped him across the face.

"If you don't want to make the Slade family your enemy, get your hands off me."

The slap shattered what little pride Alexander had left as Don.

His face twisted with rage.

He snapped that if I really walked away from him, our families would be enemies from that day forward.

"If you have any sense left, Alexander," I said coldly, "you won't do that."

The Slade Group's influence reaches across the world. If Alexander officially declared war on us, the Roswell family wouldn't stand behind him. They'd kill him themselves and apologize to the Slades.

He knew that as well as I did. Alexander had no choice but to let me go.

When I returned to my own home, I noticed the preserved rose beside my bed. Alexander had given it to me the first time he confessed his feelings for me.

He'd said, "Evelyn, you're the flower in my heart that never wilts."

I let out a bitter laugh, picked up the rose, and tossed it into the trash.

His gift was just like his promises. Worthless.

I turned to one of my assistants. "Find Alexander's oldest brother. Tell him he's going to be the new head of the Roswell family."