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A petty game of control

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Kaiden

When I made the decision to follow Sage, I didn’t expect to find him on a date, and definitely not with that bastard.

I also didn’t expect to overhear him talking to some old flame, reminiscing about a love I never even knew existed.

The Ethan guy looked at him like Sage walked the moon for him, which made me wonder if that’s how I looked at him.

The Sage I knew had always been into women. Or at least, that’s what he claimed. He had never been comfortable enough to explore beyond what society expected of him, beyond the limitations he had built for himself.

I had to manipulate him to fuck him.

And yet, there he was, standing with a man who spoke of their past love so openly, so naturally, like it had always been an undeniable fact.

It made me feel like a fucking fool. I had been the one manipulated all this time.

Like I didn’t know my own best friend.

I watched him leave without looking back with his shoulders tense and his steps showing his anger.

The moment he disappeared fr
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