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Author: Hewrite
last update publish date: 2025-10-27 12:45:28

AFTERMATH

~CHELSEA POV~

{Playlist Suggestion: "Pink Ballon" by Jade LeMac}

The bruises bloom across my arm like ugly fingerprints I cannot scrub away.

Zoe stares at the purple crescents where my mother's nails dug in, her face twisted with disbelief. "You're telling me that woman did all this to you because you kissed a guy? What's she gonna do if you actually sleep with one?"

I give her the look. The one that says this is not the time for jokes. But her words lodge in my chest anyway, sharp an
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    THE COMEBACK{Playlist Suggestion: "Natural" by Imagine Dragons / "Whatever It Takes" by Imagine Dragons}~KADE POV~"If you don't smile, turn around, and walk with me right now," my father whispered, his breath hot and venomous against my ear, "I will personally ensure that your little stray never finds a single job in this city again, and I will have her brother's health insurance canceled before the night is even over."I froze, the blood draining completely out of my face, my fingers gripping the handles of my crutches so tight my knuckles popped."Don't you dare test me, Kade," My Dad continued, his voice so dangerously quiet that nobody else in the crowded ballroom could hear him over the string quartet playing in the background. "You have already embarrassed me enough by parading her in here like some kind of sick rebellion, so you are going to come with me and shake hands with the board, or I will ruin her beyond repair."He pulled back, his face a perfect disguise of wealthy

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