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THE GHOST TREATMENT{Playlist Suggestion: "Toxic" by 2WEI / "I Did Something Bad" by Taylor Swift}~CHELSEA POV~Pushing open the heavy, soundproof glass doors of The Mirage for my first shift back since the Gala felt like voluntarily walking straight into a firing squad, and every single step I took across the dark, velvet-lined lobby made my stomach twist into tighter and tighter knots.I was absolutely dreading seeing him.My skin still practically burned with the memory of the freezing cold alleyway, the way Kolt had caged me against the brick wall, the way his lips had felt against my neck, and the terrifying, humiliating realization that I hadn't wanted him to stop. I had spent the last two days drowning in guilt over Kade, feeling like the absolute worst girlfriend on the planet, and I told myself that tonight I was just going to keep my head down, do my job, and completely avoid the man who was quietly ruining my life.But the second I stepped onto the main floor in my black

THE SURPRISE VISIT{Playlist Suggestion: "Jealousy, Jealousy" by Olivia Rodrigo / "Glimpse of Us" by Joji}~KADE POV~I couldn't sleep because the pain pills were wearing off and my knee was throbbing with a dull, sickening ache that traveled all the way up to my hip. But honestly the physical pain was absolutely nothing compared to the toxic little voice in my head that sounded exactly like Valerie Prescott.'She works very late nights in the VIP sections.'I tried to drown the words out.I tried turning on the TV in the dark guest room of Knox's townhouse and staring at some stupid late-night infomercial.But my brain just kept doing the math and adding up all the little inconsistencies I had been willfully ignoring for weeks.The sudden inrush of cash that paid for Chase's top-tier ICU room, the brand new expensive clothes, the way she completely avoided making eye contact with me at the bleachers this morning, and the fact that she hadn't answered a single text of mine in over fo

THE CONFRONTATION{Playlist Suggestion: "Blood // Water" by grandson / "The Night We Met" by Lord Huron}~KADE POV~I shouldn't have been driving, and I definitely shouldn't have been putting my full weight on my reconstructed knee as I dragged myself out of the Uber in front of The Mirage.But I literally could not sit in Knox's empty townhouse for one more single second while my brain replayed the image of Chelsea crying in the hallway with her clothes torn to pieces.The club was closed to the public since it was barely three in the afternoon, the neon signs switched off and the glass doors locked.But I still had my Kingston access card in my wallet, and I swiped it against the scanner with a shaking hand until the light flashed green and the door clicked open.The main floor smelled like musty alcohol, cleaning products, and bad decisions, completely stripped of all its glamorous nighttime magic.And I didn't stop to talk to the daytime cleaning crew who stared at me as I swung m

CODE RED{Playlist Suggestion: "Monster" by Starset / "Let Me Down Slowly" by Alec Benjamin}~KOLT POV~I wasn't even supposed to be looking at the security feeds because I had spent the last two days trying to convince myself that I could actually operate like a normal human being and keep my distance from her. But my eyes automatically flicked to the monitor for the main floor just out of habit, and the second I registered who was standing by the bar, the blood in my veins literally turned to ice.Reed Mitchell.Antonio was giving him a walkthrough because my father was still trying to appease the Mitchell family for some upcoming real estate merger, but that wasn't what made my heart completely stop beating in my chest.It was the girl standing ten feet away from him, squeezing a plastic bag like a shield, her face draining of color so fast she looked like a ghost on the grainy black-and-white camera feed.Chelsea wasn't supposed to be here during the day, she was supposed to be s

LATE NIGHT STATIC{Playlist Suggestion: "I Wanna Be Yours" by Arctic Monkeys / "Call Out My Name" by The Weeknd}~CHELSEA POV~The glowing red numbers on my cheap digital alarm clock said it was 2:14 AM, but it felt like I had been staring at the cracked paint on my bedroom ceiling for a hundred years.The apartment was completely dead silent, except for the faint, steady sound of Chase's breathing coming from the other room.Which should have been comforting to me since he was finally home and actually healthy, but instead the quiet was just leaving too much room for the thoughts I was desperately trying to run away from.I rolled onto my side, tangling my legs in the thin bedsheets, and stared at my cell phone resting on the floor next to my mattress.I was supposed to be a good person. I was supposed to be the loyal, loving girlfriend who was standing by Kade while he recovered from a devastating surgery that was basically my fault, but every time I closed my eyes, I didn't see Ka