Thea stood in front of the mirror that morning, adjusting the strap of her blouse for what felt like the tenth time. Sunlight filtered in through the tall windows, softening the sharp edge of her nerves. Her bag sat neatly on her desk, her notebooks stacked beside it. She had laid everything out the night before, in a bid to prepare herself.School. Zean School of Business.Weeks ago, walking into that campus felt like a kind of battlefield. The rumours of her cheating and her family disowning her floated around the campus. Even people who barely knew her name still managed to make her feel small. But today, everything was different.She didn't need to be told, she could feel it from a hundred miles away. Her phone was still buzzing with notifications. Articles, gossip blogs, comment sections, all screaming the same headline:SETH BLACKWOOD’S SECRET WIFE: THEA BALMERO.Thea pressed her lips together, forcing herself not to scroll again. She’d already lost hours to reading them, and e
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