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Some Lessons We Learn Alone

Author: Mira Lys
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-09 01:01:09

Brielle

“Because I should’ve been the one you married, Brielle.”

Those words struck me like a slap. My heart slammed in my chest, but not in the soft, fluttery way it used to when Jason whispered sweet nothings in my ear before.

No. This was a jagged, sharp sting.

An unwanted truth ripping through the fragile pieces of me that were still intact.

I took a step back, clutching the file tighter against my chest. “Excuse me?” My voice cracked.

Axel didn’t flinch. His gaze held mine, steady, unblinking, filled with a kind of intensity that made me feel stripped bare. “You heard me.”

“You’re out of your mind,” I snapped, shaking my head. “You stalk me for ten years, keep secrets about my husband, and now you want to stand there and act like some... some knight who was supposed to ride in and save me? Do you even hear yourself, Axel? That’s sick.”

His jaw tightened. “I didn’t say it to make you hate me.”

“Well, congratulations,” I shot back bitterly. “Mission accomplished.”

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