The Revenge Affair

low over the skyline. A stack of branded shopping bags swayed from her left hand-Gucci, Cartier, Tom Ford-all carefully chosen for

ak up with Jason already! Th

h a light laugh as she crossed the parking lot to her sleek, midnight blue BMW i8. "That's what you always say. You still see me as som

a growled. "God, Elira. I know you're in lov

her hand frozen o

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n with a pulse! He's charming, I'll give him that-but so was his Dad, remember? And you know how that ended. His father-Malcolm-im

into the front passenger seat. "Jason's just...friendl

g with his teeth at your friends and texting flirty emojis at 2AM being friendly? Girl, if

oor distraction from the storm building in her chest. "You know what, Sabrina?" she bit out. "I appreciate you

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n. We've been together for six years. SIX! Don't act like he's some stranger I just met on the street. You'll be at our engage

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mb jabbed the red button and the call disconnected. She toss

there through everything-school bullies, heartbreaks, college chaos-but she had no right to keep judging Jason. Elira s

rself. "She's just worried, that's all." Wi

ne. As traffic melted around her, memories of

utside her high school ga

et even though it meant gett

ing together, then held each o

uation. She had neve

had gone all out: rare cologne he mentioned once in passing, a hand

unset, all glass and steel, like a crown for the privileged. She adjusted her hair in the mirror-s

and walked toward the main entrance. The fing

or sli

uiet. To

Maybe he'd given everyone the evening off for privacy?" She thought as she kicked off her heels and slipped

alked upstairs, gift ba

he hea

vo

tched.

er, Jace? I hate when you spen

ze. The w

ead was playing tricks on her. Her sis

r breath caught somew

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voice,

le I'm inside you, Talia? That

ody went

les. The packages hit the floor with a rus

idn't

ng down on the other side of that door. She could hear them-every disg

like it when I get

ou were the one I wanted all along? She wo

ep back, "no- no..." her vo

g you the shares, you can simply force her. The

face as their words replayed

sound came out. Her fingers trembled as she reached for the

nob when the door suddenl

Talia laid on the bed behind him, draped

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