Fool Me Twice Shame On Me Novels & Stories

She had also lied about the real CEO being ugly and fabricated false words to damage her reputation. ‘I am dead,’ Daliah thought. “Since the introduction has been completed,” Rues continued, “I will let the CEO give her speech, and that’s the end of the welcome party.” The staff were finally emerging from their stunned states. They smiled at Charlotte as she cleared her throat.

"It's a strange coincidence. If she hadn't mocked me the other day, I wouldn't have remembered her. I wouldn't have taken the video either." "What goes around comes around," I thought to myself. As it turned out, my small act of kindness ended up helping me in the long run. On the contrary, Mia's evil deeds single-handedly caused her own downfall.

Our mate bond was burning pleasantly, which didn’t help my mind’s argument. My heart listed compelling things: Gideon was a good father to our children, and I very much wanted to kiss him again, longer this time. But my head remembered the past, and the memory of that hurt splashed like cold water over me. I was so afraid of being hurt and abandoned again. I wasn’t sure I could survive it a second time. What was the saying? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. If I loved him openly once more, and he hurt me again, who could I blame but myself?

I chuckled, they were both fools ***

I could hear Christy sigh at the other side, I know what I said might be difficult to believe, especially for her, knowing how much I feel about Adrian. But someone once told me that if you were fooled and hurt once, it’s called a mistake but if you are fooled and hurt the second time by the same person, it’s called stupidity. And I am not stupid, I have never felt this way for any guy in my life before but just because I do now, doesn’t mean I am going to throw away all my morals and be stupid in love.

"Hang on. Don't tell me that's why you came at me with two machetes in hand and hunted me down the streets like a dog. I didn't do anything!" I let out a self-deprecating laugh. I now knew that in Joshua's eyes, I was nothing but a clown—a pet he could toy with as he pleased. Well, why should I stick around to be the object of their jokes?

His eyes widened as he stared at the USB port that was still plugged in, as if hoping the small object would explode and erase the traces of his stupidity. ​"This is slander! It’s all a lie!" screamed Mike, his voice breaking, screeching uncontrollably over the microphone. He no longer looked like the master businessman who controlled the market; he looked like a cornered rat. "Someone is trying to frame me! Don't listen to this digital trash!" ​My heart fluttered. A wild sense of euphoria tried to explode in my chest, but I swallowed it down tight. I had to remain Bella. The obedient fiancée. The pretty doll who knew nothing.

"What would you advise, then? We have been talking to each other for over a few months. You've never hesitated to provide me with your excellent advice." She shrugged to herself. "You sound young. You shouldn't give up all the fish in the sea for one failed catch." The minute the words left her mouth, she realized she had made a blunder. What if the person suspected she wasn't herself, because she had mentioned her assumption based on his voice over the phone? Fortunately, the person failed to capture her error, and then he continued, "Since you say that I shouldn't give up all the fish in the sea, would you be willing to be my fish?"

"You're mad at me, so you ran off? To get back at me, you're hanging with a lowlife like him?" His venomous words got under my skin. I snapped, "Shut up!" Taking a deep breath, I said firmly, "You're the real lowlife here." I threw his poison back at him, and it felt like reclaiming a piece of myself. "Don't call me again. We're done." I hung up, blocked the number, and turned to Stanley with a sheepish smile. "Sorry about that." He grinned, winking. "Treat me to dinner, and we'll call it even."

I was a fool to think that not much had changed between us in the five years that we had been apart. After her betrayal, my perception of her shifted. I would now be more alert and careful when I dealt with her. I wouldn't be able to trust her as easily, if at all. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. And still, I hesitated to tell Caleb the truth. I hated that it was so easy for her to lie to me and I still was loyal to her.