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Kyle stared at the scar on Ruby's wrist, the one she'd once claimed had been caused by her violent family members, and scoffed. "People like you are too filthy even for hell."Ruby's eyes went wide. She spun away and vanished into the crowd.Three days later, a yacht explosion from a Southeast Alvarician country was reported. A passport recovered from the wreckage belonged to Ruby.…The rainy season hit Nautilum without warning. I hurried into the studio with an armful of sketches. And there was Samuel, standing in the doorway with an umbrella still up."Running a little late, Ms. Stockwell?"He smiled as he shook the rainwater from the umbrella. His gold-rimmed glasses were fogged over from the cold.Suddenly, a rough voice cut through the rain. "Holly…"Kyle stood at the corner, soaked through, his expensive suit wrinkled and ruined. He gripped a faded velvet box, his knuckles white."I came to keep my promise."His hands trembled as he flipped it open. The diamond ring lo
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On the night of Fashion Week, I was backstage when my hair got caught on the lace at my neckline. The door to the changing room swung open. Samuel leaned against the frame and gave a low whistle. "Need a knight to rescue the damsel in distress?""Mr. Rowland, your chivalry is a little misplaced," I said, my cheeks burning as I reached to tug the strands free, only for him to catch my wrist."Don't move."I have no idea where he produced a pair of silver scissors. The cold edge grazed my neck."Relax. I used to adjust the waistline on my mom's dresses all the time."As the snipped strands sifted to the floor, Samuel's breath brushed against the nape of my neck. The light overhead flickered. In the crisscrossing shadows, the mirror caught us, almost pressed together.He idly wound a loose lock of my hair around his finger until the host's countdown drifted in from the stage."Time to go," Samuel said, stepping back half a pace. He slipped the scissors into his pocket, resuming h
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"That cheap picture frame should've been in the trash years ago! Kyle, wake up! Holly's probably in some guy's bed right now—"A bucketful of dirty water was dumped over Ruby's head.Wayne Carlson from the administration department stood there, the empty bucket shaking in his grip. "Ms. Callahan, I've been waiting to do that since the second you ruined Holly's cactus."…The damp, salty breeze drifted in through the half-open window. I finished the last stroke and looked up to find Samuel leaning in the doorway.He carried two cups of coffee, his eyes crinkling into a smile behind his gold-rimmed glasses."The wing motif on the final draft of 'Caged Bird' has three more cracks than the first."My hand faltered. The wings in the drawing were broken but still straining upward. It was exactly how I'd felt that night when I'd hunched over in the storage room, sketching.I accepted the coffee and took a sip, the bitterness unfurling across my tongue."Cracks are the cost of breakin
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Samuel pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up, his eyes crinkling into crescents. "It's compelling to see someone with broken wings manage to find freedom through their designs. I was on the jury that year, and I gave you the highest score, Ms. Stockwell."Start at our studio tomorrow. I'll pay you triple your last salary, but there's one condition. You have to finish the "Caged Bird" series.""Deal!" I said.…Avery Langford, Kyle's assistant, hovered in the doorway, unsure whether to speak. "Mr. Grayson, Ms. Callahan is here again…""Tell her to get lost!"Kyle hurled his phone away. It hit the floor with a crack, the glass screen shattering as Ruby's stilettos clicked toward him."What's wrong, Kyle? Did Holly actually dump you?"Leaning against the wall with a brand-new Hermès on her arm, she gave him a mocking smile. "So now the whole world knows that you ditched your newlywed wife for an old flame. How loyal of you."Kyle clamped down on her wrist. "You've got some nerve brin
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"27 times."Kyle let out a sudden laugh. The sharp edge of the divorce decree nicked his palm."While Holly was pleading with me for 27 days, you managed to get 12 stomachaches, seven car breakdowns, four claims of violence from your family, and your dog somehow had acute gastroenteritis four times."Ruby, do you actually think I'm an idiot?"In the city hall's lobby, a few couples who were waiting to get married quietly raised their phones to record the scene.The color drained from Ruby's face, and her styled curls clung to her damp temple. "You promised you'd deal with my family, and now you're pretending to be some grieving saint? Where was that when Holly was—""Shut up!"Kyle drove his fist into the queue number display screen, the glass splintering on impact.Ruby found her voice again. "You know full well her mother…"The shattered screen threw back a warped reflection of Kyle. All the things he'd been avoiding came flooding back to him at once.Me at 3:00 am, hunch
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The plane began its descent into Nautilum, a coastal city I'd never set foot in but had wanted to see for years. Here, I was free of Kyle, Ruby, and the gossip that used to hang in the air like smog.I watched the plane's wing slice through the clouds, and suddenly, I was pulled straight back to that night six years ago, when the rain had poured down in sheets.Kyle had been waiting outside my building. His clothes were soaked through as he confessed his feelings. "Be with me, Holly. I'll build a good life for us!"…I switched on my phone and saw 17 unread texts, with the latest one from five minutes ago."Holly, I'm at the city hall, by the main entrance. When are you getting here?"I stared at the screen, and a laugh slipped out of me.How ironic. After 27 days of begging, all he offered was a promise to marry me in three days. Those three days came and went, and I couldn't even find the strength to call that lie out.My fingertip slid over his name on my contacts list, and
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