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Raylen Vale seems to lead a charmed life. He heads multiple multi-million dollar enterprises, is married to a beautiful and dedicated ex-model wife, and has two adorable children. What's more, he's achieved all this before the ripe old age of thirty-five. Unlike most successful CEOs, he's still young and handsome even when standing beside his gorgeous wife. It's no wonder that the media loves to fawn over his picture-perfect family. 

So why does he return every winter solstice to the abandoned and unvisited grave of one Delaney Sackville-West? And why does he demand the dearly departed to "Look at me living well while you rot into nothingness" as he paces before the tomb? 

And why, despite his harsh words, does he envy the soil that gets to wrap itself around her body?

Trigger warnings: Suicide, eating disorders.

Billionaire's First Love Returns From The Dead

Livia wakes up to sunlight streaming into the room through the gap between the curtains.

Raylen is beside her, still sound asleep.

A row of pillows lies conspicuously between them. They were first placed there after the family dinner ended. They were then cleared the next morning so the kids wouldn't get suspicious if they decided to come into the master bedroom.

Last night, after the twins were asleep, Livia rearranged the pillows back into a row. She wasn't cruel enough to make Raylen sleep on the couch when he was paying for the whole trip, but she also didn't want to be physically close to him either, especially not when one or both of them were asleep.

The row of pillows is the compromise.

The Game Begins (Livia)