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17: Not me

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last update Última actualización: 2025-07-16 22:55:52

Ashley’s POV

I wasn’t going to come.

Not after the slap. Not after he humiliated me in front of some nobody. Not after he looked at me like I was the dirt beneath his boots. I had packed my bags, had even zipped up the last suitcase and tossed my heels into the corner. But when the music started drifting in through the open windows, when I saw the lights blinking across the courtyard like stars had fallen to the earth, something in me shifted. Something old and ugly that refused to stay buried.

I stood by the window for nearly half an hour, arms crossed, chewing on the edge of my lip while watching the maids scurry in their stiff white uniforms, watching the guests in rich colors and long cloaks pour into the ballroom. I told myself I wasn’t interested. That I didn’t care. That they could crown her Queen tonight for all I cared.

But I still got dressed.

I didn’t wear anything too loud. Nothing golden or red. That would be too obvious. Instead, I wore black. One shoulder bare, a slit d
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