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 A SMALL FAVOUR

Author: Zal
last update publish date: 2026-07-26 18:54:02

Living with James felt easier than Queen expected. Most evenings, they cooked together.

Some nights they ordered takeout and argued over what to watch. For the first time in a long time, Queen allowed herself to imagine a future again.

A future where everything worked out. A future where James really had changed.

A future where she didn’t have to be afraid. That evening, they were sitting on the couch when James suddenly muted the television.

Queen immediately narrowed her eyes. “Why do you alw
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  • The Billionaire's Curvy Prize   SIX MONTHS LATER

    Queen woke before her alarm, and for the first time in a long while, her first thought wasn't about her body. It was about breakfast.She stretched, smiled at the ceiling, and padded into the kitchen of her new apartment. It was small, bright, and entirely hers. The curtains were the color she had always wanted. The couch was too big for the room, and she loved it for exactly that reason.She made scrambled eggs, buttered toast, and a cup of tea she didn't measure, count, or apologize for.Then she sat down at the little table by the window and ate every bite.No voice whispered. No mirror judged. Just the sun on her face and a quiet that finally felt like peace instead of punishment.The dress was emerald green. Queen held it up in front of the mirror and tilted her head. Six months ago she would have put it back on the rack, because James would have said it was too fitted, too bright, too much.Now she slipped it on, smoothed it over her hips, and turned. Her reflection looked back

  • The Billionaire's Curvy Prize   FULL OF REGRET

    Queen made it all the way to the car before her legs gave out.She didn't fall. She just stopped, one hand on the passenger door, and breathed.In. Out. In.Ava stood beside her and said nothing. She didn't rush her. She didn't tell her it would be okay. She just waited.Then Queen slid into the seat, and the tears she had held back in that bedroom finally came. They weren't loud. They were the quiet kind, the kind that had been waiting four years for permission.Ava started the car. She gripped the steering wheel for a moment, then let out a shaky breath. “Queen, I'm so sorry.” Queen wiped her face. “For what?”“For all of this. For what you saw. For him.” Ava's voice cracked with anger. “He's not worth it, okay? He's not worth a single one of those tears. Not one.”“Of course, he’s not worth it.” “So please, don't cry over him.” “Ava.” Queen turned to her. “I'm not crying because of James.”Ava glanced at her, confused. “You're not?” “No.” Queen shook her head slowly, and a fresh te

  • The Billionaire's Curvy Prize   IT WAS THE DEVIL

    Queen's eyes moved slowly from the woman to James. Then back again.A bitter laugh escaped her. “You've got to be kidding me.” James immediately stepped forward.“Baby—” She raised a hand. “Don't.” James stopped.Queen looked around the room again. Her face twisted with disbelief.“So this is what you were doing?” “Baby, I can explain.”“Explain what?” Her voice rose. “Explain why you're in here with two women?” Threesome on the bed you said we would have our own children on. James opened his mouth. Nothing came out.Queen laughed again. “You know what? No. Don't even bother.”Ava stepped into the room beside her. She looked at James with pure disgust.“You have got to be the biggest hypocrite I've ever seen.” “Ava, stay out of this.”“Stay out of this?” Ava laughed. “Are you serious?” She pointed at Queen.“You spent four years making this woman hate her own body.”James frowned. “That isn't what I did.” Queen turned toward him. “Oh, really?”Her voice shook. “Then what did you do?”

  • The Billionaire's Curvy Prize   THREESOME

    Saturday morning came quietly.Queen woke before her alarm and lay still for several minutes, staring at the ceiling.Her mind went straight to James.Not George. Not work.James.She had spent the entire previous evening talking to Ava about everything she had been carrying around for months. Things she had barely admitted to herself.She was tired of pretending the relationship was still something it had once been.Tired of saying she needed more time when what she really needed was the courage to have one honest conversation.Queen finally sat up. “It’s time.”She said it out loud this time. Hearing herself say it made the decision feel real.She needed to talk to James. She couldn't keep hiding behind a break.She couldn't keep avoiding his calls and pretending that would somehow solve everything.If she was going to move forward with her life, she needed to close the chapter properly.Queen reached for her phone.8:14 a.m. She knew James's Saturday routine almost by heart.He usu

  • The Billionaire's Curvy Prize   WHY DID YOU SAY NO?

    Queen had barely stepped inside before Ava looked up from the couch. One look at Queen's face, and Ava put her phone down.“Well?”Queen slipped off her shoes. “Well, what?” Ava stared at her.“Don't do that.” “Do what?”“That innocent thing. You went to dinner with George, came back late, and now you're standing there looking like you have something to tell me.”Queen smiled despite herself.Ava pointed at the space beside her. “Sit.”Queen laughed. “You sound like my mother.” “Your mother probably has more patience than I do. Sit.”Queen dropped onto the couch. Ava immediately turned toward her.“Talk.” Queen hesitated for a moment.Then she said quietly, “George told me he likes me.”Ava's eyebrows shot up.“He actually said it?”“Yes.” “What exactly did he say?” Queen looked down at her hands.“He said these past few weeks have made him happy. He said he likes spending time with me. He likes talking to me. And he wants to keep seeing me.”Ava's face lit up.“And you?” Queen looked

  • The Billionaire's Curvy Prize    TAKE YOUR TIME

    George didn't let her off the hook, but he didn't push either. "What if," he said calmly, "after you've had your time, you still want me?" Her eyes met his."Then I'll tell you." "And if you don't?" "Then I'll tell you that too." A faint smile touched his mouth."I can live with honesty." Queen smiled. "I figured you could."George looked down at the table for a moment, then returned his attention to her."I won't pretend this is easy for me." That surprised her. He continued before she could respond."I've spent the last few weeks trying not to move faster than you. I have wanted to ask you out more times than I actually did. I've wanted to call you when I had no reason to. I've wanted to see you even when I could have easily found an excuse to discuss work instead."Queen's heart began beating faster. "I waited because I didn't want to make you uncomfortable."She watched him. "But waiting doesn't mean I suddenly stop feeling. His voice stayed controlled, but something more vulnerab

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