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010: Revelations

Author: Bee Diaz
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-22 19:01:26

NICOLE

I look away from the scene so quickly I get dizzy, and follow Esmeralda back to the VIP area.

My heart's beating almost painfully fast, and all I can think about is that damned kiss. That bastard. I spent all of yesterday and today thinking about him, and he didn't even care.

I thought he was mad at me! Yes, that was pretty stupid and narcissistic of me to assume that he didn't answer my text because he was mad I stood him up. I genuinely thought that was the case because that's what he showed me.

And all the while, he probably didn't give me a second thought.

Why'd he send the money, then? A million dollars isn't a joke.

Or is it? What's his net worth, anyway?

"Nicole," Armand begins, drawing my attention. "Esmeralda mentioned that you're single."

I find his question extremely strange and it seems he notices it too because he laughs. "Relax, relax. I'm not asking you because I'm interested in a throuple."

Esmeralda bursts out laughing. I try to smile and hide my discomfort by
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