The Beginning of a Game

She did regret using physical violence with Bella, knowing she should have retaliated with words.

But nothing hurt more than the feeling of starting to trust Alessandro again only to be betrayed.

Eve kept her strides steady and made it to the parking lot. She could barely remember entering her car and pulling out her phone, nor could she recollect dialling her father.

But before she knew what was happening, her phone screen was wet with her own tears and she was biting her lips as she waited for her father who didn't pick her call.

They had asked for more money from Alessandro who would never believe that she had no involvement in their greedy scheme.

Eve cried because she had lost her temper, and wailed harder because she wasn't indifferent to the man who would never trust her.

Her heart swelled up at the thought of her parents who had never called to know how she was managing in her twin's place.

But rather, they were still disgracing her twin's name and her presence by continually