All Chapters of TIT FOR TAT: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Chapter 51I smiled, "Awwwwn." I said with so much sarcasm.Adrian's face brightened, "I really was worried.""I'm sure you were." I gave him a soft smile.He reached for my hand, "I don't want you disappearing like that again."I looked down at his fingers around mine. Something cold moved through me.I gently withdrew my hand, "I wasn't disappearing."Before he could answer, a voice came from upstairs."Serena?"My entire body went still. The voice was unmistakable. My heart stopped for one terrifying second.Then started again.Harder. Louder.No.I slowly lifted my eyes toward the staircase. Adrian's expression changed. Only for a fraction of a second.But I saw it. His smile faltered. His shoulders stiffened. He looked toward the stairs. Then back at me.And then—"Serena!"Vanessa appeared at the top of the staircase. My cousin. My beautiful, treacherous cousin.She looked nothing like the polished woman I knew. Her hair was disorganized, falling messily around her shoulders as

Chapter 53I lifted one hand, "Don't."He stepped closer, "I was only trying to—""Don't you dare." I said with a firm tone indicating the finality.The room went silent. I had never spoken to Adrian that way. Not with that tone. Not with that look.My eyes remained fixed on his. My voice was low. But firm."Don't you dare stand there and pretend you understand what a husband is supposed to do."Adrian's mouth opened. Nothing came out. I could see the shock in his eyes. He had expected the old Serena. The woman who listened. The woman who forgave. The woman who softened whenever he touched her.But that woman was disappearing. Slowly. Quietly. And he was beginning to notice.Vanessa sat watching us. For the briefest moment, something almost wicked appeared in her eyes. She smiled. Not because she cared about my pain.No.She was enjoying it. She was enjoying watching the perfect couple finally crack. The couple everyone admired. The couple she had spent years trying to destroy. She pr

Chapter 55VanessaI woke up smiling.It was such a simple thing, but somehow it felt almost foreign. For a few seconds, I didn't know where I was. The room was quiet, the curtains were drawn halfway, and the pale morning light slipping through them painted soft lines across the floor.Then I felt the warmth beneath my cheek.I looked down.It was Adrian. The Adrian I have always wanted for myself.My smile widened. His eyes were closed, his breathing slow and peaceful, one arm resting loosely beside me. His chest rose and fell beneath my cheek, and for a moment, I simply stared at him.This was what I had always wanted. Not sneaking around. Not being the woman who waited for stolen moments. Not being the woman Adrian visited when he wanted excitement and then left behind when he wanted to return to Serena.I wanted this. I wanted to wake up beside him in his own house not some hotel. I wanted to open my eyes and see him first. I wanted to be the woman lying in his arms when morning c

Chapter 57VanessaI sat down. Serena sat opposite me. She looked directly into my eyes."Now tell me, baby girl. What's wrong?"I swallowed, "Alex." My voice broke, "He came home and treated me like I was nothing."Serena's expression softened, "He did?"I nodded, "I had just returned from a stressful trip. I needed my husband." I lowered my head, "I wanted him to hold me. I wanted him to ask how I was." A tear slid down my cheek, "But he didn't."Serena reached for my hand, "Maybe he was just stressed, Nessa." I looked at her. "You know Alex isn't like that." She continued.Inside, I almost laughed.If only you knew.Then Adrian spoke, "No, baby. How can a husband be so insensitive to his own wife?"I looked at him. Serena laughed. A strange laugh.She turned toward him, "Oh, really?"Adrian's expression changed, "You are one to talk."He tried to respond, "Serena, I—"

Chapter 59SerenaI almost laughed. The memory hurt. I turned away. My eyes began burning, "No." I blinked rapidly. A tear gathered but I refused to let it fall."No." I wiped it away. I wasn't going to cry. Not for Adrian. Not for Vanessa. They didn't deserve my tears.I walked to the window and pulled the curtains open. Morning light flooded the room. I stood there, staring outside. People were moving along the street. Cars passed. Someone across the road was watering plants. Life was continuing. And somehow, that ordinary sight made me feel calmer. Because my life wasn't ending. It was changing. Maybe that was what scared me. Maybe that was what excited me.I had spent so long believing that losing Adrian meant losing everything. But now I was beginning to understand something. I hadn't lost everything. I had lost a lie. And perhaps that was the best thing that could have happened to me.My mind went back to Alex. His face appeared in my thoughts. His voice. His confidence. The way