Our Love Turned to Dust, Yet You Left Me in a World of Winter

When Larissa Hamilton was at her poorest, my mother threw a check for thirty million dollars at her.

My mother barked an order, “Just take the money and leave Ajax forever!”

Larissa didn’t argue. She quietly took the check and disappeared. Not long after, she joined New York’s elite social circles and rose faster than anyone expected, becoming one of the richest women in the city.

That same year, Larissa transferred everything she owned to me. Her savings, properties and shares. She left nothing for herself.