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Kiara.I woke up in a room I’d never seen in my life. The lights were way too bright that my eyes stung like I’d been dragged out of sleep by force and not by my choice.I bolted upright too fast which caused my whole head to spin and the blanket on me to slip off slipped—I froze.I was naked.Stark freaking naked.I couldn’t even scream. My breath choked itself before it could make a sound. I grabbed the robe at the edge of the bed like my life depended on it and yanked it over my skin hoping it could erase everything, or something?What the hell?What the actual hell?Only after I covered myself did I see them.Two men. One on either side of the bed. Watching me with smirks on their faces.It was as if they’d been waiting. Almost like they’d already seen it all.“Who… how…” Heck, my voice didn’t even sound like me.The last thing I remembered—no. I had to focus. The last thing was drinks. Just drinks. At the bar. With my sister. That’s all it was. Just one glass. I only had one.I

KiaraSix years later,I slipped through the mannequins like I wasn’t even there, quiet, invisible, just trying to move fast enough to not be seen. I ducked into the side door and pushed my way toward the reception.My feet ached already.I sank behind the counter and breathed out like I’d just finished running a marathon no one clapped for.The computer beeped in that annoying way it always did. I typed in my passcode like muscle memory, and just like that, the beeping stopped.Then a man walked in from the side door.His eyes were heavy, swollen like he hadn’t slept in days.“Is my order ready?”His voice was sharp. I could Immediately tell that he was already irritated.“What’s your name, sir?” I asked, fingers already hovering over the keys.We got people like him every week. The type that wandered from the first floor all the way to the third just to start a fight.I could already tell what kind of customer he was. His whole energy screamed confrontation. But I tried—I really di

Kiara.The second Chase walked out of the shop, I could finally breathe. Relief flooded me like I’d been holding my lungs hostage.I clutched Billy closer to my chest. My hands were still shaking. I bent down and kissed the side of his forehead. “Billy, you—”But I didn’t even get the words out, because the door opened again.Chase.He came back.My heart jumped. No, it didn’t jump. It actually thrashed.Why? Why was he back? Did he figure it out? Did he suspect something? Did he see it? Did he see him?“Mommy!” Billy called again, innocent and loud, completely unaware of how everything inside me was unraveling.He clung to my waist, and I held him tighter. So tight I was scared I’d break him, but I didn’t care. I couldn’t let him go. Not now.I looked up to see that Chase was staring at me.And that scowl on his face, Goddess.I was about to say something, anything, but then Erica showed up.Of course. She always had to show up at the worst moments.And then she started yelling. Some