LOGINNo” she whispered to herself in disbelief. A sense of dread fell over her. She had to be imagining things. Wesley would never betray her. But as Emily came to a stop in front of her bedroom door,she knew the truth was staring her in the face. Engulfed by rage, she burst the door open,only to come face-to-face with a horror scene. Her husband was in bed with no other person than her sister…
View MoreEmily’s POVThe restaurant lights cast a golden glow over the table, soft and forgiving, as if even the room itself wanted to give us this fragile truce.Hours had passed since that first heavy silence, yet I still found myself glancing across the table at Ava and Ezra as though I had to keep checking, checking that this wasn’t a dream, that they were really here, that we were all still sitting together without the old wounds bleeding us dry.Ava was smiling, her cheeks flushed from laughter. Ezra’s hand rested casually on hers, a small gesture but one that spoke volumes. Across from me, Alex leaned close, his arm brushing mine on the seat. There was an ease to him tonight, something I hadn’t seen in far too long.And me, I felt lighter. As though some invisible chain I had dragged behind me for years had finally fallen away.When the plates were cleared and the laughter had settled into something quieter, we spilled out onto the street.The night air was cool, crisp with the kind of
Chapter 119Ava’s PovI’d been nervous before. Nervous before work presentations, before interviews, before seeing Ezra again but this, this was a different kind of nerves.Dinner with Alex and Emily. The four of us at one table. The thought was almost absurd, like we were characters in some play where every line carried the weight of the past.Ezra’s hand found mine as we stepped into the restaurant. His grip was steady, grounding, and I clung to it like it was the only thing keeping me upright.“You’re quiet,” he murmured as the host led us through the dimly lit space.“I’m trying not to throw up,” I admitted, and that earned a soft laugh from him.“You’ll be fine,” he said, but I could feel the tension in him too. His shoulders were a little too stiff, his jaw a little too tight.The host stopped at a corner booth and there they were.Alex looked up first, his expression unreadable, though I saw the flicker of surprise, maybe even relief when he spotted Ezra. Emily sat beside h
Ezra’s POVThe city outside my window hummed like it always did, a low, constant pulse of life that made silence impossible but somehow made the quiet moments feel sharper.I stood by the counter, pouring two glasses of wine, listening to Ava’s soft laugh from my couch.She was curled up there, barefoot, legs tucked beneath her, wearing one of my hoodies like she’d always belonged in it. Her hair was still damp from the rain we’d gotten caught in earlier, curling at the ends, clinging to her neck.It hit me then how easy this was, how natural it felt. For years I’d kept myself carefully walled off from anything that looked like romance, like intimacy. But Ava had slipped through the cracks before I even realized the walls were crumbling.I brought her the wine and sat beside her. “Here.”“Thanks.” She took the glass, fingers brushing mine, and gave me that small, knowing smile she had, half shy, half dangerous. “You’re quiet tonight.”“I’m thinking,” I admitted.“About what?” She tuck
Emily’s PovThe walk back from the restaurant felt endless.Every step was heavy with Jace’s words, echoing in my head like a song I couldn’t turn off.“I wouldn’t make you doubt yourself.”“You don’t have to keep bleeding for someone just because you loved him first.”“Love should be simple.”God.He was right. On some level, I knew he was.Being with Jace would be easy. He’d never once made me feel like I was too much, or not enough, or anything in between. He saw me, he really saw me and wanted me, even when I was at my lowest.And yet…When I closed my eyes, it wasn’t Jace’s voice I heard. It wasn’t his arms I remembered wrapping around me last night. It wasn’t his whisper that had pulled me out of the darkness I’d been drowning in for months.It was Alex.“I love you.”The words he’d finally spoken, the ones I’d waited for, clung to me like a second skin, and no matter how hard I tried to shake them, they rooted deeper, steadying me in a way Jace’s certainty couldn’t.By the time
Emily’s povAva’s words hung in the air like smoke, filling every corner of my apartment, impossible to ignore.Her face was blotchy from crying, her body hunched in defeat, but her eyes were steady. S
Alex’s povThe night pressed against me like a weight I couldn’t shake.By the time I got back to my apartment, the city outside was still humming, horns, voices, the low thrum of nightlife but inside it was silent. I dropped my keys on the counter harder than I meant to, the metallic clatter ech
Emily’s PovI didn’t even wait until we were out of sight of Alex. My blood was boiling, my throat tight with all the words I’d been swallowing for too long.“Unbelievable,” I spat, dragging Jace by the arm as we rounded the corner. “Absolutely unbelievable. Did you hear him? Did you hear the way
Emily’s PovBy the time I pushed open the door to the apartment, my head felt like it had been stuffed with glass. Every thought, every memory from tonight cut me open from the inside.The air smelled faintly of cinnamon from the candle Ava had burned earlier, though it was nothing compared to the












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