Falling into the devil's bed
“Alright, alright, I won’t take her from you,”
“Thank you,”
The air between us turns lighter, and I’m grateful for that.
He slides one of the papers over to me. My heart lurches as I read through it. It’s our signed deal.
“As the terms stated, our contract duration is now over,” he says, his voice lashing into a crisp professional tone.
“Oh,” I pick it up and glaze over it. The girlfriend term stands out to me. A certain bitterness settles in my heart. I was so worried about it, and at the end of the day nothing happened.