LOGINSilence, then his anger cracked… just slightly. “What do you mean? She told me she was going out with Issac on a date,” he said, sounding like he was trying to convince himself everything was fine. “I’m sure that you’re just trying to ruin their date.”“Shut up for once and listen to me.”Silence a
I wanted her, but not just her body. It was the way she laughed when she forgot to guard herself, the way she argued like she needed to win and the way she looked at me like she saw everything that I didn’t want anyone else to see. Somewhere between all the chaos and revenge… I had fallen for her.
KYEI didn’t expect her words to hit like a blade to the ribs… it was clean, cold and precise. “You almost killed my dad.”Ava had walked away before I could even breathe again, before I could tell her that I knew, that I regretted it and that I wished to God, to fate, to anything that I could take
My fork slipped from my fingers and the table wavered. “Ava?” He called, his voice sounding distant. “Are you okay?”“I… feel…” my tongue felt thick. “Weird…”A wave of dizziness hit me so hard my vision doubled. I clutched the table, my breath shaky. Across from me, Issac's expression shifted fro
Maybe tonight would be normal too and maybe I could finally breathe again. Issac waited outside his black Honda, leaning casually against the door and he smiled when he saw me. “Hey. You look great.”I forced a smile. “Thanks.”He opened the passenger door, and I slipped in. The leather seats smel
AVAI kept texting Issac just to keep my hands from shaking. My heart wasn’t beating normally, it was stuttering, stopping and starting again in painful thuds. Every step I took down the hallway felt too loud, too heavy and like I was walking on glass as I kept replaying Kye’s confession in my hand
RAINAThree things plagued my mind, circling like vultures over my exhaustion. Liam. That bitch Eliza. And Alex.Alex now knew the truth about Dominic. The real truth, not the one Vanessa and Eliza had painted so cruelly years ago. Should it matter to me? Could it change anything after all this time
I didn’t have the answers. All I had was the resolve to see this through. For Ava. For Liam. For myself.The clock was ticking.The address Vanessa had texted me led to an exclusive restaurant—a place dripping with wealth and pretension. It was the kind of place where people whispered instead of spo
“At the hospital,” I said softly. “I… I needed to see Liam.”There was a pause, then he said, “All right. Well, I called to tell you there’s a party tonight to celebrate the deal. I thought you might want to attend, you know, as part of our… plan.”A party. The last thing I wanted was to be in the s
ALEXANDERWhat a fool I had been. All this time, blinded by my own arrogance, by my anger. Dominic wasn’t Raina’s lover—he was her brother. Her brother.Why didn’t she stop me at the hospital when I lost control and lashed out? Why didn’t she tell me then and there?The memory of that day resurfaced







