Chapter 12

On the way to the airport, Blake had Russell verify everything. The confirmation hit him like a punch—Elena had really quit. So, the changes in her attitude over the past few weeks hadn't been his imagination. She truly believed she had been deceived, used, and discarded. She thought his heart had belonged to someone else, and that shattered her. However, what she didn't know was that Blake had already fallen in love with her. As the private jet soared into the clouds, his heart felt just as suspended. He was restless and uneasy. He instinctively opened a small, elegant box inside his carry-on. Nestled within was a rare, discontinued diamond bracelet worth 200 million dollars. Back when he had first started dating Elena, he had originally bought it for Gabriella. But for some reason, he had never given it away. Instead, it had sat there, untouched for two years. Maybe, even back then, some part of him had already known Elena was special. He had long since decided that this would