I could only imagine what he was going through, knowing the humiliation about to come once people found out his soon-to-be wife picked an upstart from a small company over him.

"Vincent has hurt and humiliated you, Lily, just as Stacy has done to me. Isn't it only fair we make them pay?"

I was more bitter than vengeful because, deep down, I was tired.

Tired of the relationship, tired of having to swallow my jealousy when Vincent let women rub themselves against him with playful touches.

And tired of pretending I was fine after what happened months ago.

But I was also curious.

"How do you propose we do that?"

"Marry me."

My eyes widened. I was sure I misheard him.

But then he repeated those two words as casually as you would talk about the weather.

Like a true businessman, Sebastian responded to my silence by explaining why it would be mutually beneficial for us to get married.

It all sounded so logical when he said it, yet I couldn't say yes.

Unlike him and Stacy, I actually loved Vincent, and marrying just to get back at him felt too much too soon.

He left me with his number on a piece of paper that I immediately tossed into the glove compartment to be forgotten.

Then I drove back home.