the revealing clothes that turned heads everywhere she went. But hadn't Ethan always tol

orious; the expression of cruel satisfaction painted across her face as I cried; or the

d I stared, hanging on to every word a

to toe." His eyes raked over me

had tossed carelessly on the floor. But wasn't this who he said he wanted? A decent girl. He had mocked women like

d him, seeking any scrap of validation. "What's wrong with my dres

ike I was poison, nearly making

paused, his lips curling cruelly. "I never loved you from the start. I

chest. "Ethan... no, you can't be serious

cking voice rang from the bed, her tongue cli

erated me. Her hatred for me was something I had felt in my bones long before

"Why can't you accept it? He's never been interested in you. He only used you t

ave any. With a whore like you, whose hole men's dicks could get lost in, what shred of shame could you possi

" Ethan's laugh rang out, mocking, like h

t, choking me. My legs moved on their own as I turned to leav

one as wealthy as I am would settle for an upcoming actress like you? Be serious! You don't even get important roles, you're nothing but t

ears, but I didn't turn back. I didn't dare give he

chest caved in, to scream until my thro

nothing more than a pawn to him? Why hadn't I rea

did it seem that everyone who entered it only came to tear me down fur

**

bitterly as I stepped into the bar, memories tugging me back to the beginning, ba

nd when her husband secretly began a relationship with my mot

good came of it. His first wife never forgave her, and when she too

the bar, scanning for the table where the

he party. When I heard Vera had declined to come, I thought it safe. And since today was my birthday, it felt like a double win. I could slip in

ard the hotel lounge, and I wa

re beneath her. Why had she suddenly appeared, as though fate had decided to mock me? My

ly, someone