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BREAKING POINT

Author: M. J ONYX
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-12 04:52:59

The envelope had been waiting on the conference table when Dario arrived for the quarterly board meeting, placed precisely where his chair was pulled out, as if someone wanted to ensure he saw it first thing.

His name was written on the front in block letters, no return address, no identifying marks.

Inside were six photographs and a single line of text: “Thought you should know what your girlfriend does when you’re not watching.”

The images struck him like lightning. Ava embracing another man in a restaurant parking lot. The same man’s hands on her shoulders as they talked intimately over lunch. Her laughing at something he had said, looking more relaxed and happy than Dario had seen her in weeks.

But it was the final photograph that sent rage coursing through his veins - Ava and the man holding each other in what could only be described as a lover’s embrace, her face pressed against his shoulder, his arms wrapped protectively around her.

The board meeting had become a blur of nu
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