Exposing His Lies, Burning His Empire

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my own thoughts. Hilary looked at me with wide, disbelieving eyes across the small ta

oice a low growl, "he left you on your tent

tterness a familiar comfort. "

done for him! Giving up your incredible tech job, taking that boring ad

career, my ambition, my very identity. I did it because I loved him, b

ive him a piece of my mind!" Hilar

her arm. "No, you won' t." My voi

t! A gaslighting, hypocritical... philanderer!

it settled deep in my bones. "He' s not worth another

ble. I recommended Brie for that scholarship. I thought I was

ly. "Donovan would have found someone else.

unreadable. "You' re different, A

at they really are." The truth was, the love I once felt for Dono

etlights cast long, eerie shadows. A knot tig

n sat on the sofa, bathed in the glow of his phone screen, his fac

nded, his voice low and dangerou

lurry of missed calls and texts from him. I hadn' t ev

I replied, my voice stea

t this hour? What were you doing, drowning your so

head-on. "Wh

ou drink. And who else was there? Was it that coll

as projecting his own guilt onto

my voice rising slightly. "Did you tell me what you were doing

ld respond, I brushed past him and headed for t

small, furry creature scrambled across the sheets. I gasped, stumbling

its tiny claws scratching my leg. A sharp st

then my bleeding leg. His eyes widened. He quickly scooped up the creature, cradling it

tches burned, but the

isper. "Donovan, I' m allergic to pet dander. You know that. I had to giv

nea pig, not a cat. And Brie needed someone

e? What about my sa

nus shot now," I said,

ge, a flicker of guilt crossing his

en, then at me, a troubled expression on his face

n' t even have to say it.

mth. "Go comfort her, Donovan. You' re clearly

' ll be back as soon as I can, I promise. Just wait h

ry other time he' d chosen someone or something else over me. I knew, wi