Rival

Atlas’s throat tightened. They had known each other since he was seven and spent ten years together—until he was taken abroad at seventeen. When he finally returned, everything had changed.

By the time he had the means to look for her, he discovered that Naomi had started an online account—one that initially gained popularity through cursing him.

Her very first video accused her childhood sweetheart of betraying her by leaving the country, painting herself as the abandoned victim.

The second video outright scolded him, calling him a heartless man. She even swore that if they ever met again, she would slap him.

Yet, when they finally did meet again, she simply ignored him. At that moment, he would have preferred a slap—ten slaps even—if it meant she acknowledged him.

There were over a dozen videos, all ranting about him.

Then, one day, she stopped speaking in her videos. She simply danced.

And one day, eve