THE DISABLED MATE
His eyes searched hers, pleading for understanding—for something, anything, that could prove he hadn’t completely lost her.
Cassandra let out a weak, bitter laugh, though the motion sent sharp pain shooting through her ribs. She stared at him, her expression unreadable, before shaking her head slowly.
"Would I believe you?" she repeated, her voice barely above a whisper. "James… you rejected her, yet somehow, you bedded her. You still marked her."
"You tell me you rejected her as if that changes anything, as if that erases the fact that, in the end, you still chose her. Whether you meant to or not, you still ended up by her side. And me? I was left with nothing but your hatred."
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