The End of Happily Ever After

Melanie Porter is about to marry a man she takes to be ordinary. Lucas Kent was the heir to Kent Corp, and he gave the position up to be with her and moved to the coastal city where she lives. He expected the two of them to be happy there. The day before the wedding Melanie comes home drunk with her closest male friend, and in front of Lucas the two of them carry on in ways that go well past friendship, the friend doing it as a provocation. Lucas puts up with it for a while. Then he hits the friend, hard, and tells Melanie they are finished. He goes back to the life he abandoned and takes up his place as heir to Kent Corp again.