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sm
s it wafted through the large dining hal
r asked in a thick French accent, tilting the bottle. "Mr. Ster
utes late. It wasn't the first time, but tonight was very speci
I said, forcing
ending to be amazed by Jason's upper-middle-class lifestyle, letting him believe he was introducing me to a world I couldn't otherwise afford. It turned sour the moment I looked around the room.
sessed with each other. We married within six months. Today was supposed to be our third anniversary. We sh
her that they were almost touching noses. I stared at them with
a quick, hopeful flutter as I grabbed my bag. I expect
Jason. It was a
It's a shame Jason is balls deep in another woman
fr
of nausea hit me. My head spinning, I swept a panicked glance around the dining room, terrified that someone was watching me, laughing
could barely hold it. This can't be real, I told myself. Jas
stood up, abandoning the bubbling champag
behind my eyes. My grip on the steering wheel was trembling, the tires screeching as the car vee
ll and accepted a vow of poverty to prove I loved a man who was currently throwing me away like trash. I had endured hi
to the Sienna Suites, I
the reception desk and mumbled the words, half-ex
. Penthouse B.
rilliant, rehearsed smile that sent a shiver down my spine. It felt surreal, as though I had steppe
ng a sleek black card across the counter. "Our guest
ctin
hand and hurried toward the elevator. The ride up was dead si
i
pen directly int
avy, familiar groan. I knew that groan. I had heard it a thousand times in the dark of our own
o Victoria-hi
bout. Every time I had brought her up, Jason had sco
eps forward, my heels making no sound against the soft, plush
ight there
his pants pulled down around his thighs. They hadn't even had the decency to fully
de him. The sickening wet sounds filled the room. I couldn't see her face, but Jason's face was framed p
of betrayal, rage, and grief tightened around my throat, choking out
sound c
till. The violent shaking in my hands stopped entirely. The cha
r test was of
erling had j
ce smoothed into a flawless, emotionless mask. Slowly, cal
hing couple perfectly in the lens, and hit the but
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