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• My Forbidden Fruit    Chapter 20

  The silence was too painful for me to endure. So got up and left him sitting there busy in his thouhts I closed the door behind me with a soft click. The sound felt final, like the closing of a book I didn’t want to finish but had no strength to keep reading. The lights were dim, casting long shadows across the floor as I climbed into bed, wrapping myself up in the same blanket I’d held onto earlier—hoping it would offer some kind of comfort again. But it didn’t. Not tonight. I lay still. Eyes open. Staring at the ceiling like it had answers. Why did I say that? Why did I ask about the engagement when I knew the answer would destroy me? I rolled to my side, pulling the blanket tighter against my chest as the sting of tears hit my eyes. I had tried. I had tried to be strong. To be okay with the way things were. To be mature, composed, quiet about the way my heart cracked open every time he called me “Bella” with a tone that meant everything and nothing. But it wasn’t workin

• My Forbidden Fruit    Chapter 19

  After dinner, he brought me to the hospital. Bandage on my both feet. My hands remained bluish purple. But the spot on my neck was a bit lighter. I related everything that happened to Enzo. He swore continuously but didn't say anything more. I was frightened and didn't want to return home. Antonio was not typically at home and Lily always had to go with him. Lucas was occupied with business travels. Enzo also did not want me to go, so I remained. I recovered my phone. Then I realized Sara tricked me, my phone was with her the entire time. I have been here for a week now but Carol did not come. I overheard him speaking to her on the phone. She wanted to come but he did not allow her. It was best. I do not wish to lose my peace. Ethan and his brother were both in prison. In certain cases of drugs. I knew it was Enzo's work. I heard Ethan was beaten up so severely in prison that he had 5 fractures and was now in hospital. I sat in the living room drinking hot chocolate

• My Forbidden Fruit    Chapter 18

  "Darling… it will all be okay."Rosie's voice trembled, a fragile note of warmth against the frigid terror still clinging to my skin like second flesh.Her aged hands stroked my back, shaky and slow, as if she thought she could rub the memories right out of me. Like the horror could be kneaded away with love and warmth.I couldn’t move.Couldn’t breathe right.Couldn’t feel my own body except where it ached.She placed a plate of sandwiches in front of me, the crusts trimmed just the way I liked. I stared at them. My stomach turned.Food felt… absurd. Alien.How could I eat when I still felt his hands?Ethan.Just the name sent bile racing up my throat.I sat there, stiff and silent. Eyes locked on the door.Waiting.Praying.And then—“EVELYN!”His voice cracked through the silence like thunder splitting the earth. Raw. Frantic. Real.I flinched so hard I dropped the teacup in my hand.The shatter echoed through the quiet.He was here.My lungs collapsed on themselves. I stood up too

• My Forbidden Fruit    Chapter 17

  No phone.No soul in sight.No shop. No light. No fucking hope.Black dots danced in my vision like they were mocking me—taunting me for ever thinking I was anything but breakable.I didn't know how long I walked. My feet were torn, flesh raw and slick with blood. My ankle screamed with every step.But then—A flicker.A fragile flicker of yellow light through the trees.My heart seized. Was it real?I staggered toward it, broken body dragging forward, praying it wasn't a hallucination.I limped faster.Come on… just a little more.“Fuck—!” I gasped as a shard jabbed straight into the arch of my foot. I wasn’t on any road. It was wilderness now. Stone. Glass. Twisted metal and discarded syringes.My vision blurred, pain pulsing like thunder.But I saw it.A bar.Rosie & James Bar—the letters barely lit, flickering like a dying breath.I shoved the door open. The musty scent of cigarettes and whiskey swallowed me whole.Few people inside. Fewer sober.I went straight to the counter, sw

• My Forbidden Fruit    Chapter 16

  A college friend invited me to a party. I wasn’t a party person—but still, I said yes. Lily didn’t even question it when I asked. She gave me permission with a soft smile, probably thinking I was just trying to live a little. Not knowing she was handing me the rope I’d hang myself with. I wore the most sinful thing I could find. Tight. Bare. Bold. Lips blood-red. Eyes defiant. And underneath it all— Something desperate. Unraveling. Enzo, you pushed me away. Now watch me leave. I looked in the mirror one last time. Blowing a kiss at my reflection like it didn’t already look a little cracked. A little lost. “I’m done waiting for you,” I whispered. “You can rot with Carol.” I lied to myself like it was a prayer. But it still felt holy. The house loomed like a monster in makeup. Flashing lights. Bass that rattled bones. It looked like a party, sure. But something about it felt… wrong. Like stepping into a movie right before the villain makes his grand entrance. The part

• My Forbidden Fruit    Chapter 15

  The city lights painted fleeting shadows across the car’s interior, my dress catching glints of gold as we drove under each streetlight.It was quiet. Not awkward—just full.Aaron glanced at me. “Hey.”“Hmm?”“You okay?” he asked, softer now. “Like, really okay?”I looked out the window for a second, pretending I wasn’t forming words that would hurt to say.“I don’t know,” I admitted. “Some days I think I’m over him. Others, it’s like he’s still… everywhere.”Aaron nodded, eyes still on the road. “Yeah. That’s how love works. It doesn’t let you unsubscribe that easy.”I smiled, bitter and fond. “You sound like an old man who’s had his heart broken ten times.”“Please. My heart is in mint condition,” he declared. “Except that one time in seventh grade when Amelia threw my valentine card in the trash. Still not over it.”I giggled. “You’re ridiculous.”“I’m hilarious. And I’m also the only one brave enough to drive you to a party where your almost-soulmate is probably pacing around like