A Night With My Ex Fiancée's Cousin

, wrapping around Lena

pounding with excitement. A soft hum of fluorescent lights filled the near

l, spicy spaghetti with garlic bread, still warm from the Italian re

d under the weight of work, but tonig

ing her things for the night. Her eyes flic

ora greeted, her vo

er lips stretching into a warm sm

as usual." Alora chuckled s

the elevator, her heels click

ook on Daniel's face when he saw her-his blue eyes lighting up, the tension in his shoulders melt

tor doors slid open, a c

was too qui

stomach twisting for rea

he hea

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ew tha

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est f

ved closer to Dan

d through the narrow gap, she

He's probably just

she pushed the door

hattered in

at his desk, b

wrapped tightly around Sienna's wais

uldn't

the flask slipped from her grasp,

of them

ut everything else. Her knees wobbled, b

n she had loved for years-was tangled i

to her ears, playful and carefree as he pulled back

her voice drippi

" she teased, tilting he

trembling hand against her che

't be ha

ge in, to demand an explanation

yzed by the raw betray

angled gasp, she

floors as she rushed back down the co

stop-not until she was out of the build

nst her tear-streaked chee

in a desperate attempt to hold i

ould

d love

ed Sienna wit

d repaid he

he let out a choked sob, leanin

e her, the purr of the engine cut

lowered, and a deep, fa

en

p, and through her

ri

l's c

an was always compo

died her now, concern et

alm, but there was an edge to it

g at her face uselessly. "

out. "You're freezing," he said, his g

as family. What if he told Daniel? Wh

es-steady, understandi

e passenger seat

oped her as Adrian r

rom the glove compartmen

what ha

in her lap. "I went to surprise Daniel,"

d him..." Her voice broke, and she

went

epeated, his v

wave of tears spill

s holding her like she was t

nd was the rhythmic clicki

, his knuckles tightening

lieve him,"

yes wide with confusi

s always been reckless. I warned him about messing things u

na's lips. "So you're say

g. "I didn't expect him to be th

r been the kind of guy t

words. Had she been foolin

tening. "You don't deserve this, Lena. Y

ars slipping silent

en know wha

t, his hand resti

gure it out tonight.

oment, Lena

slowly

e me to