Fool Me Twice Shame On Me Novels & Stories

She's looking down at her fingers that are nervously clutching unto each other. "How are you feeling?" She's still not looking at me as she asks in a tiny voice when she finally has the courage to speak. "I'm so sorry! It wasn't me that caused you pain. I swear that I don't know what happened. I don't know how it happened, Alpha, please believe me! I wouldn't dare hurt you and..." "I believe you have something to tell me?" I cut her off mid-sentence. She's sobbing as she explains but I'm not moved by her tears. What is that saying?... Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice then shame on me.

"Right. Seven years… I lived off stale bread with you. I was there when the debt collectors came banging on our door. I thought we were toughing it out together, but the whole time I was just grinding myself down alone." Audrey shook her head frantically, terror flooding her eyes, looking completely wrecked. "That's not true. I only ever loved you. Micah was nothing, I swear, it was all an act!" "An act?" I echoed it back, flat and quiet. "Handing him the deal that was mine was an act? Sitting with him while he got his wisdom teeth pulled, leaving me to sign my own palliative care papers alone—was that also an act?" I turned my head back toward the window, where the sun was sinking red into

It dropped back into the pile like it had been mocking me all along. Beside me, Selene tried to hold it in. She pressed her lips together, shoulders trembling just slightly, but the laughter still slipped through in quiet bursts. I exhaled slowly, running a hand through my hair. This was humiliating. Worse, it was happening right in front of her. But the more I failed, the more something in me refused to let it go. I couldn’t walk away. Not after everything I had said. I dropped the twentieth token into the slot.

SUNSHINE: You won’t be falling for that, I told myself a couple of times while I was still hiding under the blanket. Sunshine. Think. You’ve been a fool once and if you became a fool the second time, then what the fuck was wrong with you now? Don’t be the same person who did not value her worth just because a man had kept on confusing her a couple of times. I shivered as painful memories rushed through my mind. My body trembled.

The way he flinched gave me all the satisfaction that I needed. “Olivia, I am trying to apologize for what I did. I didn’t know any better. If you would just let me explain why I did what I did, then I am sure you will understand my perspective, my dilemma.” He talked earnestly. But that was how he had spoken for seven whole months before he broke my heart into irreparable pieces. I was not going to trust a word this man said. Never again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

But it just doesn’t feel nice to be made a fool of, especially if it’s not him making a joke of me, but it is my own self. As the saying goes: Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me. It’s a war within, one I’m scared to lose. I just hope I’m not making any wrong decision because the consequence of that would turn me bitter. I hope he doesn’t hurt me again. I was scared of being hurt initially, now I’m just tired of it. Nonetheless, I still shifted. We settled in his house, I was given a room besides Lucas’s room. Lucas also prepared a separate room for Tim.

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XAVIERA Once bitten, twice shy. My ancestors would weep. Fool me once, you're a fool, fool me twice, I'm the fool. I had been a fool, twice. What was I thinking ? That he'd changed? Overnight? I was really a fool to even expect any change. That tricky bastard had made a fool of me twice. Making me delicate, wobbly, needy and cheap. I bet he was testing how easy it would be to take me to bed, and I had proved he didn't need to do much.

Blinded by the what ifs that I still carried. For a while, my relationship with him, Claire and that of my parents had been ruined. Because I had been too stubborn to see what they saw. A year later here we are. Miranda having broken me for the second time. This time it’s even worse because I knew what she was deep inside and I still fell for her traps. What’s the saying; fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. It's a bitter pill to swallow knowing I was the fool that got fooled twice. It fucking hurts.

A great man once said, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." He should have added an "aw, fuck it" on the end? That's the part I can't get right. "Fuck it, and fuck you," I say it, and I think it, and I never believe it. You got me. Damn you, Raven, you got me. The goddamn woman just blew a fucking hole right through the entrance on the far east side of the property.