Fooled Me Twice Novels & Stories

I stumbled to my feet, my mind racing as I tried to make sense of what had happened. And then, with a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, it hit me. I had been deceived. Lily and Jake had played me for a fool, using my trust and vulnerability against me. My friend, Jake had always been up to no good, with tricks up his sleeve but this was the height of it all.

But to get to Liam. My stomach churns. It’s like tumbling backward through time, crashing headfirst into betrayal all over again. The worst kind of déjà vu. How is it possible to be fooled twice? Am I that naïve? That desperate to believe someone, anyone, could see me as more than a means to an end? I’d sworn I’d never let this happen again. So why does it still hurt so damn much?

Rhea My name is Andrea Grayson and I’m such a big fool. I've always watched scenes like these happen in movies, or books that I've read and I always wondered why the person being cheated on was too dumb to see it beforehand. In fact, I thought things like these only happened in those movies. I never imagined that I would find myself in that same situation. Being cheated on. Being made to look like a stupid fool. I want to laugh at my foolishness and terrible luck, but I'm completely frozen in place. I can’t move my limbs , I can’t even move my face.

She forced her voice steady. “No.” Julian raised an eyebrow. “No?” “She will never sign custody to you. Not for money. Not for survival.” “Desperate people compromise.” “You don’t know her.” “I know patterns,” he replied. Maya leaned forward. “You leaked protected medical records. You manipulated securities. And you just implied coercion tied to mortality.” His eyes narrowed slightly. “You’re recording this.” She pulled the device from her pocket and placed it on the table. “Every word.” Julian stared at it.

How could I have ever trusted him, especially after everything he'd done? The forest seemed so distant now, yet every detail was etched into my memory with cruel clarity. Zane, with his disarming smile and charming words, had led me through the dense underbrush, his presence a deceptive promise of safety. I wanted to believe in him, despite the countless warnings and the blatant signs of his treachery. Stubbornness, that’s what it was. My infuriating, unyielding stubbornness had blinded me to the truth. I had ignored the gnawing doubts and the whispered cautions of my instincts, choosing instead to cling to the hope that there was something good in him. But no, I was wrong. Terribly wrong.

Even when I reached out to him, he often brushed me off with the excuse of being too tired from work. Yet on that computer, his photo albums were filled with pictures of him and Lucy Wagner in every kind of pose imaginable. I once thought he had been tricked by Lucy, and I did everything in my power to pull him back. What I never realized was that the one being fooled all along was me. I had poured my heart into him, given nearly a thousand lives to save him, and in the end, I was nothing but a joke. With no words left to say, I turned away, leaving him fuming. This time, I would live for myself.

"Fine, I'll send her away once the child's here." I stared at the man I called my childhood friend and thought that perhaps I never knew him at all. His hand found the thing I was holding, and he was stunned. "What were you holding?" I shook him off and tossed the broken test into the bin. Then I lowered my eyes and said quietly, "Nothing important. Just trash no one wants." I meant the baby and the woman who was dumped the second time. Me. Shawn frowned. He seemed ready to keep questioning me, but a soft gasp of pain came from behind him.

My laugh was like ice. "Shall I refresh your memory? Right after we married, you cheated on me. Joann's child was born a full six months before Lily. And on the day of Lily's hundred-day party, when we could have used the cord blood, you insisted on dragging Lily to the hospital to draw blood for Joann's daughter. You bled Lily dry until she died."

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.

“I told you I am going to be useful and I am smart enough to engage in the outside world alone. You know… you are worrying yourself too much about things you know you cannot control.” I was hoping Rufford would say something that would acknowledge what I did but in reality, he raised his brows at me and did not liked the tone of my voice. “I hate to kill the joy you are feeling for the first time, but haven’t you realized yet that you were in fact, fooled?” He sounded like he was so sure of what he is talking about. “What do you mean?” I tilted my head, not knowing a single thing. “Who fooled me?” “Isn't it clear?” He asked. I knew very well from the look in his eyes that he was about to Say