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MELANIEI woke up the next morning with a dangerous thought circling my head like a vulture.If Gavin found out about Cassandra and my father, he would dump her cheating ass… and I might finally have a real shot with him.A wicked smile curved my lips as the plan took shape in my head. I didn’t need to tell him everything, just plant the seed, and make him suspicious enough to start questioning her without revealing I knew too much or that I had an ulterior motive. Gosh, I’m such a genius.I stretched lazily on the bed and grabbed my phone from the nightstand as my fingers flew across the screen before I could overthink it.“Gavin, we need to talk!”I dropped the phone on the bed and waited, my heart racing so fast. Minutes passed by, but nothing happened. Just radio silence. I paced the room, pretending to tidy up while my mind raced with all the ways he might interpret those four little words.Would he ignore me? Or maybe think I wanted to seduce him again? Or worse, not even care

MELANIEI sat on the floor of Gavin’s bedroom, knees pulled tight to my chest with silent tears rolling down my face.Broken. Emotionally unstable. Self-destructive.The words kept repeating in my head like a broken record, each one cutting deeper than the last. I pressed my forehead against my knees, trying desperately to muffle the sobs that were shaking my entire body. My chest felt like it was being ripped out from inside me as a bitter laugh escaped my throat, knowing that even Gavin saw me that way.The man I loved more than anything, the man I had given my virginity to, the man I had hoped would choose me, thought I was damaged and fragile, someone who needed to be controlled and fixed.I felt sick to my stomach, worthless, and pathetic.Gosh, why did I listen? I shouldn't have pressed my ear against his bedroom door, but I did. Now every word felt like it had been carved into my soul and burned on my skin.My stomach turned violently, and I scrambled to my feet and ran to the

MELANIEI stormed out of Gavin’s house and didn’t stop moving until I got to my car. My hands were shaking so badly it took me more than three tries to press the unlock button. I could hardly breathe.My chest felt like a ticking bomb, like it was about to blow up. Every breath burned like fire; it felt like I couldn’t get enough air to save my life. I squeezed the steering wheel so hard my knuckles practically begged for mercy, glaring through the windshield without really seeing anything.“How could I be so fucking stupid?” I spat. “So completely blind… all because of what? Love?”Tears flooded my eyes, and it pissed me off even more as my brain wouldn't stop reminding me of Gavin’s words to my father. Every single sentence felt like a knife twisting deeper in my chest.He never really wanted me. He only pitied me.All this time, while I was falling harder and harder, he was just… tolerating me, fucking me out of pity, while talking about me like I was some broken project he had t