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2025-06-17 18:00:08Leila
My glass of water sweated in my hand, the chill of it seeping into my skin, a fleeting distraction from the man who stared at me.
Then, Josephine stumbled in behind the waiter, a wreckage of a girl, her presence a jagged tear in the room's polished facade. She was in a perfect mess. Her eyes were swollen, red as raw meat, brimming with tears that glistened like broken glass. Her hair hung in greasy knots, a snarl of chaos framing her face, and her dress was a tattered rag, one sleeve ripped loose, flapping like a wounded bird. Two long scratches raked her legs, the skin puckered and pink, weeping just enough to stain the floor.
"What happened?" Lucas's voice cut through the haze, sharp with worry, his chair scraping back as he stood. In my past life, he'd swallowed her every lie, her every whimper, like a pup lapping at poisoned milk. I'd thought this time he'd grown claws, a spine, something to shield him from her games. But there he was, the same fool, e
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Josephine"C'mon, Jo, live a little," Jessica said, nudging my elbow with hers. Her voice was too bright, like she thought enthusiasm could gloss over the obvious. "Look at that one by the flagpole—total hottie."I slouched further on the bench. Let them ogle. Let them gossip. It all tasted like ash now.A group of freshmen laughed as they passed, their voices sharp as broken glass. Jessica's phone buzzed, and she leaned in to show Fiona a photo. "Check out the new guy in bio lab. Bet he's single."I didn't look. My thumb hovered over Lucas's contact in my phone, the screen smudged with fingerprints from how many times I'd opened it. Seventeen missed calls. Thirty-two texts. All unanswered. The last one I'd sent was yesterday: Please. Just tell me what I did wrong.The bench creaked as Fiona shifted closer, her perfume mixing with the sunscreen in a way that made my stomach turn. "You sure everything's okay with you-know-who? He's been MIA for weeks."I forced a smile, the muscles in
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DarrenI stared at the campus through the windshield, the glass smudged where Leila had pressed her palm earlier. It'd been a while since I'd set foot here, but the place smelled the same: cut grass and ambition, a scent that clung to the air like a promise. Freshmen swarmed the quad, backpacks bouncing, voices overlapping in a chaotic hum. I rolled down the window, let the noise wash over me. It felt foreign, like pressing a hand to a scar you'd forgotten you had.Leila leaned across the center console, her hair brushing my arm. "I'll be quick," she said, already unbuckling her seatbelt. Her fingers lingered on the strap, like she was hesitating. "Just need to grab my schedule and sign a few forms."Cassius grunted from the driver's seat. "Take your time. We'll be here." He shot me a sideways glance, the kind that meant he was about to start in on me. I braced myself.Leila smiled, pushing the door open. "Thanks, guys." She paused, looked back at me, and for a second, I thought she m
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Leila"Does he have a bad relationship with his grandfather?" I asked, and my voice came out softer than I meant it to. Darren rarely talked about his family, just like he rarely talked about the scar on his arm or the way he flinched when someone raised their voice too suddenly.Cassius closed the book with a snap, like he'd said too much. "His grandfather never intended to recognize him, and indirectly caused his mother's death. He never mentions his grandfather in front of me. Now that he sees Darren has been thriving in the human world over the years, the old man also wants to develop in the human world, which is why he announced his identity at the last banquet." He leaned back, crossing his arms. "There is no room for sentiment in the world of business; everything is driven by interests."This ordinary passage sent shivers down my spine. It was the casual way he said it, like it was a fact of life, as unremarkable as the sky being blue.Although I was a merchant's wife in my pre
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