The love within

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ss Awa

the man she'd been dating for

elt like a thousand needles piercing her heart, sh

black hair tangled in messy strands over her shoulders. The thick-framed glasses on her face were cracked on

oman viciously yanked her hair and spat, "You shameless homewrecker

those glaring words-marriage certificate-stripped her of any righteousness. The

ldn't a

rriage. Tonight, she was going to give him her virginit

an't b

woman away and lunged at Seth, clawing at his

ing an arm around his heavily pregnant wife, he sneered, "Of co

self-dull, frumpy, downright embarrassin

had been caught, exposed as the mis

e, the irony bitter in her mouth. The chill of the ground w

from her lips. Her voice was eerily calm. "Fine. I've been your dirty lit

hed, but all she wanted w

eard the most ridiculous joke. "Did I hea

est. "So what, you're kicking me out instea

is place bel

y as she stared at him in

with venom. "You think you deserve this place after dest

bitter laugh, fury rising. "O

h her abdomen-this time with brutal force. The impact sent her crashi

ant belly protruding-charged forward and yanked Cassandra's h

lenched her fists, resisting the urge to retaliate. With that woman's condi

s a gold-digging fraud who'd played her for

asic self-care, all to build a future with him. At his urging, she'd taken out loan shark d

ore darkness swallowed her was Se

Blinking through the downpour, she realize

andbag-pathetic remnants of a life whe

lids open. She never imagined Seth could be so cruel-packing u

h. I won't let that bastard take my house. I need to

t an option-they'd only worry. Reporting to the police crossed her mind, but... if they found

couple of days ago, leaving her nearly

in, only one place ca

narled before slam

ught his eye-a slender, alluring figure sprawled across t

cohol. No way there's a woman lik

-black hair spilled across her forehead, her half-unbuttoned white blouse slipping

h, he moved closer, dra

locked onto those plush, petal-pink lips. Resistance crumbled. He

initely s

eyelids felt like lead weights. Weakly, she pushed at the sh

is belt, he ignored her struggles, gripping her narrow w

fleeting resistan

, branding her body again and again until she fell limp beneath him. Only as daw