Chapter 1

Teresa Lopez-Fitzgerald knew she was beautiful, everyone had been telling her that ever since she could understand what they were telling her.
When she was little, people used to stop her mother in the street just to admire her beauty, pay compliments and they all said she would grow up and become a model.
When it came to school the teachers favored her because of her looks. Always picking her as lead in class plays and getting her to run errands, they even rigged her report card thinking she should get straight A's because she was gorgeous.
So when the time came for her to go to High School she had had enough. No more friends who only liked her because of her looks. The day high school started was the day she became a nerd. She purposely bought unflattering clothes and even bought a pair of glasses with the thickest frame she could find. Finally she would have friends who liked her for who she was. People who knew that she was not only beautiful on the outside, they would get to know how much more beauty she had within. Her soul was golden and pure. And only a few select people would be touched by this beauty.
Teresa lived in a small harbor side town called Harmony. It was a quaint little harbor side town near Maine. She had lived there her entire life with her mother Pilar, and her two brothers Luis and Miguel. Her sister Paloma lived with her aunt Maria in Spain because her mother was not able to properly care for all her children after disappearance of her father Martin Fitzgerald and her eldest brother Antonio 10 years ago.
Pilar was the housekeeper at the Crane mansion. The Cranes owned pretty much everything in Harmony. Luis was a police officer with the Harmony PD, and Miguel was in high school with Teresa. All around her family was very gifted in the looks department but they had never taken advantage of this fact.
Ethan Crane was as gifted as they came. Not only was he blessed with good looks but also he had a trust fund the size an African countries treasury (no offence).
But he was not invincible. He grew up trying to determine who his real friends were. People would befriend him in hopes of seeing some of his trust fund come their way. Because of this he became very cautious of whom he became friends with but he was not always correct in his suspicions.
He had thought he had found his soul mate someone who he could share eternity with. Gwen Hotchkiss. A beautiful woman who had came from his own town and grew up like him. Moving from one boarding school to another, raised by nannies. They had so much in common and he was so sure it was love. They had been together since a mixer with their two schools. They were pretty much inseparable. He had even proposed to her. He had never been so wrong about someone in his life.
~*~*~ FLASHBACK~*~*~
It was a bright sunny day and Ethan felt suffocated inside they mansion so he decided to go for a swim. Grabbing his towel he quickly made his way down the back stairs and towards they pool. He decided for a bit of a change and went to the pool via the maze. It had an exit right near the pool. It was amazingly serene in the maze as he expertly navigated his way towards the pool. Then he heard her laughter.
"Gwen"
"Gwen" he thought his heart skipping a beat at her laughter. But then wondering "why she would come onto the grounds without letting him know she was here? Oh well at least this way I can surprise her" slowly making his way towards the exit. But suddenly stopping
"Then this one time he tried to be romantic by lighting candles in his room while we had sex. It only made me fall asleep quicker than usual" Gwen's voice rang out as clear as day.
"What the F**k?" Ethan thought
"So he has no idea that you are divorcing him as soon as you're married and taking all his money with you?" he heard a male voice ask
"Nope not a clue. I guess I will miss him. But hey I've got you so who cares. He's like this little puppy that I have to carry around. I can't wait for this to be over. Then I will be the richest woman in Harmony" he heard her laugh wickedly after her last statement
"And he has no idea?" the other voice asked again
"Nope he is as naïve as a child who believes Santa still exists. Just think in one month I was so rich I could swim in it, and you my dear won't have too clean another pool in your life"
"Oh my God" Ethan thought "she is cheating on me with the pool cleaner. She doesn't even love me! She is just using me for my money. This can't be happening. He needed to confront her. So gathering all his courage he called out
"Gwen? Honey are you out here?" he called. Finally emerging from the maze he saw the two of them scrambling apart.
"Ethan what are you doing here?" Gwen said smiling sweetly while hoping he hadn't heard anything.
"Well sweetie I thought I would go for a swim seeing it such a beautiful day." He began smiling through his clenched teeth. "And imagine my surprise when I hear my beautiful fiancé is already out here. It is like we're on the same wavelength or something. We are so into each other; you know what I am going to do without me even telling you. Gosh I can't wait till we're married. We will be together forever and we will start a family straight away" he knew he was rambling but he wanted Gwen to confess the truth and the ice was just starting to break.
The ice was starting to break.
"Lets see" he continued, "I want at least two boys and two girls and what will their names be, we will move into a nice little cottage…"
Her head was about to explode. Gwen could not believe this, he had everything planned, and he wanted KIDS. She was only going to be with him for a month maximum, but this was getting out of hand. She couldn't listen to this for another minute. She had to shut him up.
"You heard didn't you?" she screamed
"Heard what pumpkin" he replied calmly "this is it she's about to confess" he thought.
"Oh don't play stupid with me you big oaf! Just admit that you heard what I was just talking about. I can't believe I was going to put up with you for another month." She was yelling, " I can't stand you Ethan. I fake my orgasms, I only f**k you for the money. I can barely look at you. Yuck what have lowered myself to" taking off the ring, "There I'm leaving and I hope I never have to see you again" she finished
"Gwen get off my property now! Leave Harmony don't ever come back" Ethan screamed letting his temper go "and" he said turning to the pool guy "you're fired"
With that he pulled out his cell phone and had security escort them off the property. Then he turned and walked back to the mansion to do some damage control with his parents.
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