Ryan’s 28th birthday party was loud, chaotic, and overflowing with people. The family house had been completely taken over — friends from work, cousins, old high school buddies, and neighbors all crammed into the backyard and spilling into the living room. Music thumped through the speakers, smoke rose from the grill, and Ryan was in full form at the center of everything, red-faced, loud, and loving every second of the attention. Tia played her part perfectly. She smiled at all the right moments, laughed at his jokes, brought him fresh beers, and let him pull her onto his lap whenever someone yelled “couple goals.” She even kissed his cheek for the cameras. But underneath it all, she was burning. Her phone had been vibrating in her pocket for the past hour. **Alex:** *I can’t watch you touch him anymore.* **Tia:** *I know. I hate it too.* **Alex:** *Master bedroom. Door locked. Five minutes.* **Tia:** *You’re going to get us caught.* **Alex:** *I don’t care. I need to be i
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