Fake Dating My Ex-in-laws For Christmas.
Wolves were laughing, drinking, exchanging gifts, kissing under mistletoe like life was beautiful.
Everyone was excited for the holiday.
Everyone except me.
I hated it—the festivities, the joy, the cheer.
I hated that the world was celebrating while I was drowning.
The Lounge was everything I hated—red neon lights pulsing like a heartbeat, bass-heavy music pounding against my skull, and the thick scent of cigars and alcohol choking the air out of my lungs. Different scents of wolves mingling in the air. Strippers dressed in fishnet, straddling men and twisting around a polo on the platform.