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Zara stared at the message glowing back at her through her screen in the darkness. “Wanna get back at your ex?” She blinked slowly and deliberately, as if trying to clear the fog of grief that had clung to her for days. A ragged gasp caught in her throat. Her fingers, still trembling from the icy shock of the betrayal, hovered over the screen. On a normal day, Zara would have blocked the account without a second thought. Cried herself to sleep with swollen eyes, waking up pretending the pain was just part of her dream. But not tonight. Tonight, something inside her had snapped. Something that was tired of being the victim.The betrayal had struck her harder than any physical blow could, it had struck harder than she thought. It was sharp, cruel, and unexpected. Elena wasn’t just a best friend; she was her only friend. Her ride or die. Her childhood shadow. The girl who lived next door shared her lunch in second grade, helped her with her assignment, and danced with her barefoot in

Leo had been away for just one year.One year.A business trip he couldn't avoid deals to finalize, contracts to sign. He had left reluctantly, heart heavy. The moment he stepped out of the airport, something felt off. The air was too sharp. The city too loud. His phone buzzed nonstop, and when he checked, it was Fred’s messages back to back:“Call me as soon as you land.”“Leo, you need to see this.”“I’m sorry, man.”Then a video link.He didn’t want to click it. But he did.And there it was clear as day Zara in Jayden’s arms, her face buried in his chest as he kissed her temple..For a second, Leo couldn’t breathe.It felt like the ground had started shifting under his feet, like someone had punched the wind out of his lungs.He stormed straight to the Bennett mansion, heart pounding, jaw clenched.And there she was. On the lawn. Jayden’s arm around her, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Jayden smirked the moment he saw him.Jayden.Jayden, the notorious playboy.

“Why did you call her?!”Leo’s voice cracked through the room like thunder. He paced around the length of his office restlessly, his fists clenched, jaw tight.“I told you not to call her, Fred!”“Leo listen to me.” Fred stayed seated, calm but tense. “Just calm down. It was for your own good, I swear. I had your best interest in mind.”Leo spun on him, eyes flashing “My best interest?” He scoffed,the sound sharp and without a trace of humour, “Don’t insult my intelligence.”Fred ran a hand through his hair, clearly frustrated now. “Would you just hear me out, Leo?”“You know I can’t bear to see her in pain,” Leo snapped, cutting him off. His voice dropped, but the emotion in it rose. “You know that. You know what she means to me.”“And I can’t bear to see you in pain either, Leo!” Fred stood now, his voice rising to match his friend’s. “You were hurting, man. Drowning in it. What was I supposed to do just watch?! Pretend like your silence wasn’t killing you?”Leo’s expression crumbl

Zara didn’t sleep that night. She couldn’t sleep. She kept tossing and turning in her bed, tangled in her sheets like her thoughts unsettled, sharp, and relentless. Her pillow was damp not from rain but from a river of silent tears. The stranger’s coat still clung to her like it belonged there, like it understood the heartbreak it was wrapped around. The scent of it, a quiet mix of expensive masculine cologne and rain, lingered like a presence, oddly comforting although unfamiliar. She wasn’t sure why she hasn't taken off the coat. Maybe it was the weight of it the physical manifestation of her emotional burden. Maybe because it was the only thing that felt real at the moment in her world that had already turned upside down.Her father wasn’t home. He had traveled to visit her sick aunt, his only living sibling. The timing felt like a cruel joke to Zara. A twist of fate that left her feeling abandoned and alone she was a daddy’s girl. Her dad was her backbone, her cheer leader and h

Zara froze. That voice was familiar, it sounded too familiar... No, it couldn’t be. She had to be mistaken. Her breath hitched in her throat. It couldn’t be Elena’s, her best friend’s voice. As she stepped closer to the door, she could hear her heart pounding. Then she heard it again. The laughter from Jayden’s room was unmistakably playful and intimate. The laughter stopped Zara on her track, her hands trembled by her side. She didn't want to hear more, yet she couldn’t stop moving closer to the door.“I can’t wait for you to break up with her so we can be together at last.” a voice purred laced with a familiar sickening sweetness.“ Haha, she’ll get the biggest shock on her birthday. It's gonna be epic ” came Jayden’s voice.“I can’t wait to have you to myself for real, Jayden.” “ Honestly, she was never my type, she’s all skin and bones. Like a walking skeleton” Jayden said, his voice dripping with disdain. “ Soon you will be all mine Jayden, all mine.”The handle was cold ben