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Primrose in My Lover's Arms

Primrose in My Lover's Arms

Short Story · Romance
By:  RivermoreCompleted
Language: English
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Tragic Love

Bias

Scumbag

Best Friend

Regret

Winning Back the Wife

Cheating

Today was the day Quentin York had promised we'd finally go public. After five years of dating in secret, our relationship was finally going to see the light of day. I stayed up all night putting together a five-minute video from every photo we'd ever taken together. Then I posted it the moment the clock struck midnight on his birthday. But the second I hit send, I was suddenly kicked out of the account. By the time I logged back in, the video was gone. At the same time, a message from Quentin came through. "Your best friend just got dumped. Seeing your video will only make her feel worse. Be good, okay? Let's wait a little longer." Then a message from Lena Xavier popped up. "Can you please do something about him? I just got to the bar, and he suddenly showed up and forced me into his car. Seriously, he's unbelievable!" The two messages arrived one after the other. Just like every trip we'd ever taken together. They were always up front, while I trailed behind. This announcement was the last chance I was giving Quentin. Since he didn't want it, then forget it.

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9 Chapters
Chapter 1
I watched the video over and over, dragging the progress bar back again and again just to see the way Quentin York used to look at me when he still loved me.Just then, the front door opened, and the click of Lena Xavier's heels echoed through the apartment.Quentin dropped into a practiced half-crouch without a second thought and pulled out a pair of slippers for her. They were pink with little bunny ears, a pair he'd bought specifically for Lena.She rested a hand on his shoulder as she changed shoes, her leg brushing against his forearm. The whole scene was so intimate it was almost impossible to look at.It suddenly reminded me of the last time we'd gone out together. My shoelace had come undone, and I'd playfully asked Quentin to tie it for me.He'd only glanced back at me."Jenna Nash, we're adults. Don't act so childishly."My face had gone bright red. I'd immediately crouched down, tied it myself, and hurried after him.So it hadn't been that he thought the behavior was childis
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Chapter 2
I put down my fork and headed for the door, but Quentin caught up before I made it out. His hand closed around my wrist hard enough to hurt."Lennie just got dumped, Jenna. You're supposed to be her best friend. Instead of trying to make her feel better, you've been sitting there with an attitude all night. What are you trying to pull?"For a moment, I simply looked at him.Five years. I'd loved this man willingly for five whole years."Quentin," I said quietly. "You really never fail to disappoint me."His brow furrowed. The sarcasm went right over his head.Then a startled cry came from the living room.Three seconds? He didn't even need one. Quentin immediately turned and went straight to Lena.That was all I needed to see.I walked out without another word.A few weeks earlier, corporate had asked if I'd be willing to transfer to the Norvale branch. I'd put off giving them an answer because Quentin hated the idea of us being apart. He'd said long distance wasn't for him. He wanted
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Chapter 3
When I got to work the next morning, everyone kept giving me strange looks. Wherever I went, conversations stopped the second I appeared. People who had been chatting a moment earlier would fall silent together and suddenly pretend to be busy.By the end of the day, the low buzz of whispering behind me still hadn't let up. I finally couldn't take it anymore and turned around."If you have a problem with me, say it to my face. There's no reason to gossip behind my back."No one answered at first.Then someone muttered, just loud enough for me to hear, "She's all over the trending page, and she's still pretending she doesn't know."I immediately pulled out my phone.One of the top trending topics was:"While You Were Loving Me, You Were Building a Life With Someone Else"The first post under it was Quentin and Lena's video, followed by a post from an account called Jen's Little World.It was my private account.I'd made it years ago to keep track of all the little moments Quentin and I s
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Chapter 4
The call ended, leaving only the steady beep of the disconnected line.A moment later, Lena updated both her social feed and her public account with the same photo.Quentin had one hand resting over her stomach, his eyes full of tenderness.The caption read:"Mom and Dad loved each other very much, and that's how we got you."I sank back onto the bed. Tears slipped down my cheeks and soaked into the sheets.By the time I woke again, it was already noon the next day.The company had called while I was asleep. Lena had shown up at the office, and HR said the situation was causing a scene. They wanted me there immediately to deal with it.My head was still foggy when I got up. I hadn't even changed out of the clothes I'd worn in the rain the night before, but I rushed over anyway.When I arrived, Lena was sitting at my desk with several of my coworkers gathered around her."How far along are you?""I have a cushion you can use. It'll be more comfortable.""You're way too nice. Your best f
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Chapter 5
Inside the exam room, the doctor spread gel over Lena's lower abdomen. The cold made her shiver, and she took the opportunity to grab Quentin's hand.Quentin frowned slightly and instinctively started to pull away, but the doctor spoke before he could."Try not to move. This won't take long."So Quentin left his hand where it was. After a moment, he turned it over and closed his fingers around Lena's.She looked at him, her eyes glowing with happiness.At three months, the baby was still tiny, too early for much to be clearly made out.Lena gave Quentin's hand a little shake. "Quentin, isn't this amazing? I'm really going to be a mom."Quentin looked up at the grainy black-and-white image on the monitor, and for some reason, I came to mind.It wasn't as if he'd never imagined it before. He'd imagined marrying me, building a real family with me, and having a sweet little child of their own.So how had everything ended up like this?He went over everything that had happened lately, again
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Chapter 6
Lena jumped and turned around, looking hurt."Why are you yelling at me? I was only trying to help."Quentin took a few steps forward and blocked her path."Don't bother. I'm not staying here much longer anyway."He looked at her steadily."Once I've explained everything to Jen and she's had time to cool off, I'm moving back home."What Quentin didn't know was that because of him, our home no longer existed.By then, the apartment had already been emptied. Everything was gone, and it felt as though our five years together had been cleared away along with it.Lena turned her back to him, and where he couldn't see, resentment flashed across her face.Later, Quentin sat on the edge of the bed, replaying the video I'd made for him over and over.He had actually saved a copy before deleting it from my account.One memory after another passed across the screen to the sweet music I'd chosen, and before he realized it, Quentin was laughing out loud.He could almost picture how happy I'd been w
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Chapter 7
I'd been in Norvale for a full month before I finally started feeling like I could breathe again.At first, I couldn't get used to the weather. It seemed to rain endlessly, never hard enough to be dramatic, just a constant fine drizzle that hung in the air day after day. The damp gray skies and steady patter against the windows made everything feel heavier somehow.Then, on a rare day off, I slept until I woke naturally.Rain was tapping softly against the glass when I opened my eyes. There was no noise, no chaos, nothing that demanded my attention.I lay there for a while, looking out at the city through the misty rain, and for the first time since I'd arrived, the unfamiliar place didn't feel quite so strange. Instead, it felt peaceful.I'd used my old résumé to find a decent job. By then, the scandal online had already blown over, and no one here knew anything about what had happened to me.I had been nervous when I first started. Every time someone looked at me for a second too lon
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Chapter 8
Lena froze. Panic flashed through her eyes, and almost immediately, she tried the same trick she'd used before.Her expression crumpled into one of hurt innocence, and she started to sway backward as if she were about to fall and make it look like I'd pushed her.She barely had time to move before one of my coworkers stepped forward with her phone already recording, holding the camera right in Lena's face."I got the whole thing on video. Jenna didn't even touch you. You were about to throw yourself backward all on your own. What is this, some cheap little skit? At least make it believable."That was all it took.The others immediately joined in, and this time, no one held back."No wonder the story online never quite added up. So this is how you did it? Play the victim, pull little stunts like this, and get everyone to feel sorry for you while you twist the truth?""You spent all that time telling everyone Jenna was the one with a character problem, but from where I'm standing, you're
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Chapter 9
Quentin hurried toward us beneath a black umbrella and stopped directly in our path. His gaze moved from me to the man beside me, and his grip tightened around the handle."Jen," he asked tensely, "who is he?"I looked at him without a trace of emotion."How is that any of your business?"Then I added, "Quentin, do you really think standing out here every day is going to change anything? We're adults. Stop acting so childishly."They were the exact words he'd once said to me.Now I was giving them back to him.His shoulders trembled as he stared at me, unwilling to accept what he was hearing."Jenna, are you really going to give up on me? On everything we've had all these years?"His voice had gone hoarse, the plea in it almost humiliatingly desperate."I went public with the truth. I let the entire internet tear me apart, and I took all the blame. I admitted everything."His voice cracked."All I'm asking is for you to give us one more chance. Forgive me this once. Please...""Quentin
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