Sonia Nevermind Novels & Stories

"I'm not letting anyone who hurt you walk away." Relief hit me hard. I ran my hand over my belly. Thank God. I'd kept my baby safe. Then the door slammed open. Bradley burst in, shirt wrinkled, eyes wild. "Rena, I'm sorry! It's my fault. Vivian fainted—I had to take her first!" I looked down, silent, my fingers brushing Nathan's palm. So much for that amnesia act—he'd just called me Rena. "I'm done listening. Leave. I don't want to see you again."

The next second, the sprinklers at the top of the conservatory surged to full force. A more violent torrent of ice water crashed down over me. My knees buckled and I nearly went down. A wave of sound rose from the terrace below. Not sympathy. Excitement. "She's about to break!" "The hundred thousand is as good as mine!" "Matt's fiancée has some backbone, I'll give her that..." Salina pressed herself against the glass, dropping her voice so only I could hear. "Evelyn, stop pretending." "I know exactly what you're most afraid of."

She was the one who had promised to order it for me. I waited over two hours, and all that anticipation amounted to nothing. Furthermore, she turned it around on me. I scrolled further back. "Babe, it's almost midnight. Valentine's Day is practically over. Where's the surprise you said you had for me?" "I forgot to change the shipping address. It went to Grant's. I'll make it up to you next time." I could not pinpoint exactly when it had started, but at some point, every exchange between Linnea and me had become exactly this.

"Mia is the eldest daughter of the Sterlings. She doesn't care about this little bit of money, but you can't keep refusing to pay her back." His eyes softened in a way that made my stomach turn. "Once the money is paid, we can still work hard together." Preston said all of that without the slightest shame. I had never seen someone so shameless until today. I had stopped hoping he would speak up for me. After all, he was the cause of all my misery. I glared at him and confronted, "Preston, are you still acting? Do you really think I don't know this nightclub belongs to you?"