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8. Impossible Standards
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2026-07-10 17:41:13
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My Cousin's Fiancé, My Ruin 47. Five Dates
DARIOI had gone back to the hotel last night intending to interrupt whatever was happening between Indigo and Caleb. I told myself it was because I wanted to speak to my brother about the schedule for the following morning, but that would have been a lie. I watched Indigo leave the pub with Caleb, her hand in his, and I had spent the next several minutes trying not to think about what they might be doing upstairs. Eventually, irritation had won.I was on my way to the room when I heard her voice. I couldn’t make out the other person’s words, but I could hear Indigo clearly enough. She was crying. I stopped without meaning to. The hallway was quiet, and her voice carried through it. I couldn’t hear everything she was saying, only pieces, but I heard enough to know she was talking about a man she liked—a man she wasn’t sure she could have because of everything surrounding them. I stood there listening until I heard her laugh through her tears and say that she liked him a lot. I knew i
My Cousin's Fiancé, My Ruin 46. Go For It
INDIGOBy the time Caleb and I reached his hotel room, I was laughing at practically everything. I stumbled slightly when I stepped through the doorway, and Caleb caught my arm before I could lose my balance.“Easy.”“I’m fine,” I insisted, laughing.“I can see that.”I tried to take another step and nearly tripped over my own feet again. Caleb laughed, caught me around the waist and guided me toward the bed. We both fell onto it, landing on our backs and staring up at the ceiling. Neither of us said anything. We just laughed.I turned my head toward him. His hair was slightly messy, and there was still a smile on his face. “How do you feel?” he asked.“Good.”He studied me for a moment. “You sure?”I nodded, but the smile on my face started to fade. I was good. At least, that was what I wanted to believe. The alcohol had made everything easier for a while. I had danced, laughed, kissed Caleb and stopped thinking about all the things I had been trying not to think about. But lying he
My Cousin's Fiancé, My Ruin 45. Your Loss
INDIGOKelsey barely gave us time to get back to the hotel. The moment Leah and I stepped through the reception, she caught both of our hands and started pulling us toward the exit.“Where are we going?” Leah asked, laughing as she tried to keep up.“The players invited us for drinks. Everyone is already at the pub.”Leah looked at me. I gave her a look that probably said everything. I wasn’t really in the mood for another crowd after the day we’d had, but Kelsey didn’t look like someone who was particularly interested in hearing no.“It’ll be fun,” she insisted, pulling me along. “And we’re in Miami. You’re not going to spend the whole trip working.”“I wasn’t planning to.”“You were absolutely planning to.”Leah laughed. “She’s right.”Of course she was. The pub wasn’t far from the hotel. It was just a short walk down the street, and the closer we got, the louder the music became. Even from outside, we could hear people cheering and laughing over the bass coming from inside. I was a
My Cousin's Fiancé, My Ruin 44. The Sensible Thing
DARIOBy the time we got back to the hotel, the rest of the team had already started settling into the evening. Some of them had gone upstairs to their rooms, while others had gathered around the bar, talking over drinks and replaying moments from the game as if we could somehow change the outcome by arguing about it long enough. I sat at the bar with Rico, barely listening. My mind kept returning to the parking lot—to Indigo standing in front of me, telling me that whatever I felt for her was something I needed to let go of, to the way she had looked at me when I told her the truth about our first meeting, to the fact that, despite everything I had said, she had walked away from me.Rico, on the other hand, had been watching me since we got back. Even someone who wasn’t paying attention could tell something had happened between Indigo and me.Either he was waiting for me to spill, or he was just going to ask. He waited until the others were distracted before leaning closer.“You wa
My Cousin's Fiancé, My Ruin 43. Go With The Flow
INDIGOI slipped the phone back into my pocket and continued walking. A few minutes later I spotted an ice cream truck. I bought a cone for myself and two bagels—one for Leah. Because if she was coming all the way here, she could at least eat. I found a bench overlooking the park and sat down. The ice cream was already melting slightly around the edges. I licked it.Maybe I should tell her. Maybe she deserved to know. Maybe keeping something this big from her was worse than telling her. But then I pictured her face—the way she smiled at Dario at the airport, the way she had talked about their future. She trusted me. And as long as it didn’t happen again, she didn’t need to know. I wasn’t going to let it happen again. Dario was my boss and her man. He was nothing more to me.I took another lick of my ice cream. Ten or fifteen minutes later, someone dropped a half-full bottle of water onto the bench beside me. I knew who it was before she spoke.“Hey, you.” She sat down and immediate
My Cousin's Fiancé, My Ruin 42. Choice
INDIGORico had tried talking to me on the drive back to the hotel. I gave him one-word answers until he finally gave up. He raised both hands briefly from the steering wheel before putting them back. “Okay.” That was his last attempt. Dario sat in the passenger seat, silent. I hadn’t looked at him since we left the players’ hotel. I didn’t want to. I was afraid that if I did, I’d remember his face when he told me it had always been me, and I couldn’t deal with that right now.During the interview we had barely spoken. “Pass me the microphone.” I had passed it to him. “Give me the next question.” I had handed him the sheet. “Get Rico.” I had gone to get Rico. That was it. As if he hadn’t just told me he had gotten close to my cousin because he wanted to get close to me. As if he hadn’t just told me he had loved me for years. As if I hadn’t kissed him. Twice.I stared out the window. The sky was turning darker, the last of the evening light stretching across the buildings as we drov
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