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Death by a thousand cuts

Penulis: Einah Pets
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-07 20:38:35

~ GAVIN ~

She frowned. “Why?”

“To keep me company.”

She looked at me like I had suddenly grown a second head. “You never want company, Gavin.”

“That’s a rather bold claim. How would you know that?”

“Look at this place,” she said, gesturing around the living room, like she couldn’t believe she had to point it out. “This is not how someone who ever wants company designs their home. Everything here screams: "Do what you came to do quickly and get out”.”

I glanced around before returning my attenti
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  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Death by a thousand cuts

    ~ GAVIN ~She frowned. “Why?”“To keep me company.”She looked at me like I had suddenly grown a second head. “You never want company, Gavin.”“That’s a rather bold claim. How would you know that?”“Look at this place,” she said, gesturing around the living room, like she couldn’t believe she had to point it out. “This is not how someone who ever wants company designs their home. Everything here screams: "Do what you came to do quickly and get out”.”I glanced around before returning my attention to her. “Well, you’re right. I generally don’t like visitors. But now I’m asking you to do what you came to do — and stay a few more days.”She shook her head. “No way. Your home looks like a hospital and I hate hospitals. I mean, except the art pieces, there’s nothing here to create excitement. Everything is just… bland and depressing.”I cracked a toe knuckle. “Ouch!” she shrieked. “Is that part of the massage or are you punishing me for telling you the truth?”“Two things can be correct,”

  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Foot massage

    ~ GAVIN ~Watching Sienna settle comfortably in my home was doing something to me. I couldn't name it. I wasn't sure I wanted to. All I knew was that I'd spent the last few days mildly annoyed that she'd traveled without a word to me, and the moment I saw her sitting in that train station — hood pulled over her head like she was trying to disappear into herself, every trace of that annoyance dissolved.Now she was here, working her way through the meal Todd had thrown together on short notice. And I was sitting across from her, pretending to be engaged with my tattoo and not watching her every move. With just a shower, she looked a lot better than when she walked in, but I still wanted to know what had made her cry. “Are you going to tell me?” I asked again when she broke eye contact and returned to eating her food — or more accurately, moving it around the plate. “I’m not. That’s an ‘official’ question and I’m not answering any tonight,” she said. I snorted in laughter. “No, yo

  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Sienna, meet Maxwell

    ~ SIENNA ~He was sprawled along the sectional, headphones plugged in because of course, in the absence of a TV or anything like it, he had to provide his own entertainment. He noticed us immediately, even though he wasn’t looking at the door. The headphones were off in an instant. “Oh hi.” His outfit was very loose, like comfort was all that mattered to his style. Dark brown hair fell at the sides of his face even though it was long enough to be packed into a bun. The man looked younger than Gavin and was obviously very comfortable in his house. Could he be the brother Gavin had mentioned? I didn’t have to wonder for long. Gavin stepped in front of me. “Sienna, meet Maxwell, my longest-serving staffer and trusted friend.” Oh, so not his brother. But still someone important. “Max, this is Sienna.”I didn’t get a title which was telling. Either Maxwell already knew everything about me or Gavin didn’t have a name for whatever we were. Or both. Maxwell stood and shook my hand b

  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Sleepover at Gavin’s

    ~ SIENNA ~ After the call, I spent the next few minutes watching every car that drove in and out of the station’s parking area as if I would know which one was Gavin’s when he had so many. “What an expensive addiction,” I muttered under my breath, wondering what crazy hobbies I would pick up if I had all that money. “Looking for me?” His voice came from behind, sudden enough to make me jump. I turned sharply. He hadn’t come in from the expected gate. He had entered from somewhere else entirely. Somewhere only a man like him would know about. I stood up from the waiting chair — my back and thighs silently thanking me — and faced him. For a moment, it felt like I was seeing him for the first time all over again. His sharp jawline softened just slightly by shadows. His full lips drawn in that familiar smirk… or was it a full smile this time? And his eyes. God, those eyes — hazel, intense, watching me like a scientist studying an experiment. Maybe it was how darn irresisti

  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   I’m coming to get you

    ~ SIENNA ~I was four hours away from home and except Margo was home, I didn’t have a way to get in. I checked the time. 8:10pm.By the time I arrived, Margo would definitely be back from wherever she might have gone today. She didn’t keep late nights. Later, we can figure out how to get me a new key. I leaned back in my seat and shut my eyes, feeling tears quietly stream down my face and wondering which of my hundred problems was causing this outburst. The woman sitting beside me noticed my occasional sniffles and subtly angled her body away, as if grief were contagious.That was my cue to stop crying and do something with my time on the train. Sleep wasn’t an option even if that was all I really wanted to do. Not when I was solo-traveling at night — my body would just never relax enough for that. So I did something I should have done five years ago when I graduated college instead of marrying my enemy. I applied for jobs. My CV was ready as I had been working on it since I mo

  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Goodbye, New York

    ~ SIENNA ~I kept going. “You see, in life, we all have various interests. My mother, as you would know, is a social butterfly.” I let my gaze sweep the room before landing on her. “Imagine putting her in a lab, buried under equations with a lab coat hiding her outfit. She’d lose her smile.”She already had. And she wasn’t the only one. A ripple of discomfort moved through the guests — tight smiles, shifting shoulders, exchanged glances. I was ruining the beautiful evening we had shared. A part of me hated that. The rest of me knew I wouldn’t get another chance.“Some of you might not know this,” I continued, steadier now, “but my father — Mr. Kenneth Monroe — loves music.”I couldn’t bring myself to look at Dad. “He sings. He loves to play the piano. Now imagine telling him he could never touch a piano again.”The silence deepened.“For me, physics is what excites me — making things work and working things made. That’s why I earned my engineering degree from Harvard. Magna cum l

  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Do you think I’m a virgin?

    ~ SIENNA ~Gavin’s words shouldn’t have had any effect on me. They shouldn’t have made my pulse quicken and my thighs draw closer together. Not when I hated his guts. And his evil smirk. And the fact that he turned my body into his freestyle canvas without my permission. But they did. I shifted

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  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Reconciliation?

    ~ SIENNA ~Today’s Friday. The Friday I have been waiting for all week — till yesterday. My thumbs danced around my phone keyboard as I drafted a cancellation text to Rum Telly. If I wasn’t going to provoke a reaction from Harry, I had no desire to spend my evening with a superstar who probably ha

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  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Get over him already

    ~ SIENNA ~“I… it… this isn’t… oh my God.” I grabbed the traitorous device off the ground, shoving it deep into another carton as if burying evidence. As if it would make Gavin forget what he just saw. “Sex toys are nothing to be embarrassed about, babygirl — even though you got a rather huge one

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  • Divorced and Falling for the Tattoo Master   Come home

    ~ SIENNA ~I heard Margo gasp at the other end of the line but she recovered quickly. And then she said something she should never have said. “Well, your mother hasn’t been in the picture for a while so I might as well stand in for her.”The words struck me like a double edged blade had been dippe

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