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No More Stolen Hearts

No More Stolen Hearts

Gavin

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Chloe did it again. Another boyfriend stolen, another round of humiliation in our family chat led by Aunt Linda' s fake sympathy. My own mother just sighed and told me to "try harder next time." This was the pattern, my glamorous cousin Chloe, making sport of my relationships, taking whatever, or whoever, was mine. But this time, as news of her latest conquest spread, a cold certainty settled within me. This time, it wouldn' t be another defeat. This time, I was ready. The object of her latest desire was Ethan, my new boyfriend, whose existence I' d deliberately kept quiet until now. He was everything she craved: charismatic, successful, irresistible. I "accidentally" let slip details about him to my mother, then watched, anticipating, as the news inevitably reached Chloe. Her audaciously casual message arrived soon after: "Heard you have a new toy, cous. Mind if I check him out for you?" My stomach twisted, but not with dread – with grim, calculating satisfaction. Years of quiet resentment, fueled by her casual cruelty and relentless need to diminish me, had finally solidified into a singular, unwavering purpose. She thought she was still playing her same old game, but she had no idea the depth of the trap she was about to step into. Ethan, with a hidden, dangerous secret I' d discovered months ago, wasn't just another man for Chloe to steal. He was the linchpin of my meticulously crafted revenge. This cycle of humiliation was about to end, but not the way Chloe expected.

Introduction

Chloe did it again.

Another boyfriend stolen, another round of humiliation in our family chat led by Aunt Linda' s fake sympathy.

My own mother just sighed and told me to "try harder next time."

This was the pattern, my glamorous cousin Chloe, making sport of my relationships, taking whatever, or whoever, was mine.

But this time, as news of her latest conquest spread, a cold certainty settled within me.

This time, it wouldn' t be another defeat.

This time, I was ready.

The object of her latest desire was Ethan, my new boyfriend, whose existence I' d deliberately kept quiet until now.

He was everything she craved: charismatic, successful, irresistible.

I "accidentally" let slip details about him to my mother, then watched, anticipating, as the news inevitably reached Chloe.

Her audaciously casual message arrived soon after: "Heard you have a new toy, cous. Mind if I check him out for you?"

My stomach twisted, but not with dread – with grim, calculating satisfaction.

Years of quiet resentment, fueled by her casual cruelty and relentless need to diminish me, had finally solidified into a singular, unwavering purpose.

She thought she was still playing her same old game, but she had no idea the depth of the trap she was about to step into.

Ethan, with a hidden, dangerous secret I' d discovered months ago, wasn't just another man for Chloe to steal.

He was the linchpin of my meticulously crafted revenge.

This cycle of humiliation was about to end, but not the way Chloe expected.

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