He Broke Our Engagement, So I Took Everything He Had1

### Chapter 1

I was on my way to try on wedding dresses when my fiancé called. "The wedding's off. Vivian's pregnant and her fiancé dumped her."

"A child can't grow up without a father. I'm going to marry Vivian first. I'll make it up to you in a couple of years."

"She and I are like brother and sister. Don't overthink this."

The air locked in my chest. My mind went blank. The line was already dead.

But I'd already seen it. The chat between Stewart and his assistant, left open on the study computer.

"Vivian came back from abroad for me. If I betrayed her to marry that woman, imagine how devastated she'd be."

His assistant had replied right away: "Aren't you worried Miss Hughes will be disappointed enough to leave you?"

Stewart's voice message dripped with contempt:

"Delgado Corp is about to go public. I'll be worth billions. You really think she'd walk away from that?"

So rather than betray Vivian, he'd betray the woman who'd waited six years.

Six years of devotion, and none of it could compete with one backward glance from his childhood sweetheart.

Fine. Then I'd give them exactly what they wanted.

I didn't hesitate. I called my father and asked him to pull every last dollar out of Delgado Corp.

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My father's voice sharpened. "Aren't you two getting married in a couple of days? Did that bastard hurt you?"

At this stage, right before the IPO, losing their largest investor would be catastrophic for Stewart.

The moment I opened my mouth, my voice cracked:

"There is no wedding. He's marrying someone else."

"Don't you worry. Daddy will handle this." Even through the phone, his fury was deafening.

After I hung up, my mind drifted back six years.

Delgado Corp had been on the verge of bankruptcy. Stewart's childhood sweetheart, Vivian Porter, had left him.

I was the one who secretly begged my father to prop the company up from behind the scenes and set it back on track.

And I was the one who walked Stewart out of the wreckage of that heartbreak, step by step.

Six years together. Then, on my birthday, he got down on one knee and promised to make me the happiest woman alive.

Then Vivian came back.

And everything changed.

My phone shattered the silence of the study.

"Leonora Hughes, get here now! Stewart's in a fight!"

In the background, I could hear Stewart roaring.

"Apologize to my fiancée, or I'll make sure you regret it!"