LOGINZYRA. Waking up this morning was good. It should be the best morning I've had in a while. That was until I heard Ree scream "What the fuck!" From downstairs, I ran out of bed. "What the fuck?" I say too as we are both in disbelief towhat we were looking at. Mike. He was on the news. "Former Employee Mike Gerald of Lane Empire, has officially filed a lawsuit against Zyra following an altercation that happened yesterday. A fellow former colleague who he doesn't
RYNNELLE. "You know, we do have a lot more in common than you think." She stopped hugging me. "Really? What?"I just laughed. "It's nothingexciting,Zee. One of both our parents were assholes. My
ZYRA. "Yara, I don't know. I thought it was Shawn sending them at first to be romantic, but the letters didn't match the occasion." I picked up a letter. It read "I'm coming Esperanza. For you and that failure of yours, Ria." Chills ran through my body. I picked up another letter. "Going on cute dates bitch? I can see that you haven't learnt-" I squeezed it and threw it away. I picked up another one. "Yara?" Ididn'tanswer her.I picked up another letter. "I can seeRia's making money now.You guysare livingthe life. It
ZYRA.That was a lot.No,listeningtoCariño's speech was. Finding out that Mike had also beenharassingKayla was.Cameras flying up anddown was. At leastI'dhaveevidence of harassment. Now the satisfying parts.Mike leaving withno money;I'drate that a ten.Ellie beingdemoted,a nine. Kayla being promoted, an eight. Andmemovedto Cariño's floor. A seven. There was nothing exciting about beingonhis floor. It wasliterally him,me&
ARDYN. Today seemed like it was going to bea very interestingday,andI guess itwas indeed.Coming to the office this morning andseeingLyle,who was supposed to be my alleged business partner, bringing downa very hugebouquet down from a truck, was not onmyto do list.And the 'lucky girl' being Princess, wascrazier.NothingI expected because I thought we were on a good spot.Since the party we had becomecloser in myopinion,buttherewere&nb
ZYRA. What a wonderful day to be alive.I got some action.I'vebeen consistent withwork, and I guess building something differentisn'tas hard as I thought. Ihaven'thad any recent panic attacks. My mom is having a blast in New York. Ree is happy and well me,I'moff to therapy. After Cariño's party,heand Ihaven'treally talked about what happened between us. It was more of theconversation wasthere tohave, but wedidn'twant to have thatc
ARDYN. 
ZYRA. “Zyra?” Ree tapped me and I just realized that I’d stood in the middle of so many dancing couples for approximately ten minutes thinking about ways to kill a man that was nowhere near me.
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ZYRA. "May I have this dance?" I turned around to find Cariño. He was in a wine suit that had little glitters shining on his shoulders. He looked handsome as always. I couldn't tell if Ree had told him the







