Photographer Ryan Mitchell captured Samantha's most beautiful moment through the lens of his Leica camera, and from that instant, she fell deeply into the romance of every shutter click. A luxurious villa, an exclusive muse, a perfect lover—she thought she had stumbled into a fairy-tale love story.
Until that blood engagement night, when Isabella Laurent appeared wearing the same ring, and the media exposed Ryan's betrayal. Only then did Samantha realize she was merely a carefully chosen stand-in.
But some truths are crueler than betrayal, and some revenges run deeper than love.

His Shutter Fucked It All

Samantha
The psychiatric ward at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center reeked of disinfectant as I watched Ryan being wheeled into his room. He looked haggard, eyes hollow—nothing like the confident photographer from three years ago.
"Patient exhibits severe auditory hallucinations and paranoid ideation," t...

Chapter 9