ly furious. He froze eve

gn of defiance, he would threaten to cut me off fina

he needed to. I would apologiz

refused. So h

ly set in, my phone be

eared. The amount was so large

ned only one wo

Dominic followe

w. Keep the cards. Use them. Pay no attention to irrele

ct. Entirely

torial whisper, saying the family elders were pr

nic really

aving me humiliated st

whole. I didn't dare ask

nowhere to go, so I poured

sitation. Exhaustion

and trained until drenched, fighting

edication gave way to firm lines and a slende

The first time she saw the slimmer version of

all along? You look unreal. Like y

se made

d weight from the medication. This was the

expression da

re beautiful than Tessa. If he saw you now

returned home nor seen him a

rds, trying to pres

ifts flowed endlessly, and he flaunted his devotion so open

ter Tessa, mocked me openly, ca

ward every insult and every displa

ead, I saved everything,

giving up, those me

it, graduation

and adjusted the tassel

ked composed, her features refin

on my own. My father's estate would

beginning of

one to silent, slipped it into my ba

someone I hadn't seen

rapped around his, leaning close

lgently, respond

brows slightly furrowed as

d, his eyes li

where

to let him go, my body st

ered on me for only a brie

t recogn

he overweight girl. He would never associate th