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care of Zora-to ensure the di
xpected was to be
, reduced to nothing more than
together and he only let o
housewife who's been nothing but a leech all these
dd
shaking her head as if s
ed because of me. be
noring Zora's weak whimper and t
trembling. "That way, Adeline won't feel so insec
were coate
ng beneath th
n an insecure woman, d
his voice softening as he
eason a family falls apar
ment something
p your mo
rough the room,
abeth froze, clear
an affair or not-none of that concerns you," I con
ickered between shock and anger, as i
ately. "Elizabeth isn't someone you can speak to
tugged at the c
she
r truly loved me, I had
zabeth returned, e
for nine months now tr
new exa
th reached for
away, shooting her
id. "People like Adeline," he pointed at me accusingl
lowered her head like
ght curl of her lips and the
ging into my palm as I forc
rian demanded, his tone turning cold again
m, my expressi
I would still obey him like a train
him one last cold glance, tur
line Carter,
thundered
t stop, not
hailed a cab, and went stra
the door shut and leaned against it,
f sacrifice and effort would reduce me to not
heavily in my chest,
off slipped
was done with
was let
ing to Elizabeth still ling
ds they still ha
shed myself off the d
toward my bedroo
nt I saw Adrian's name on th
ss," I m
ation, I reje
again an
a second thought before finally
ed onto the bed and stare
court, I would do whatever it
tter
I closed my eyes, wanting nothing more
y-but eventually
ad been asleep when I was
y phone. It was the so
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ntly, my insti
d given me was in a decent neighborh
g could
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came again-lo
as I stared towa
didn't
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ho wa
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echoed through
th, forcing myself to calm do
d peered through the peepho
ri
e found me and wha
e other side, loud and impatient. "Open this door now, or I'l
w tig
hell was
h enough to kee
causing a scene
o the count of th
umstances, I woul
anything went wrong, it would be
wo
h, I unbolted the doo
sed, glaring at him. "How dare you show up here
yourself," he said co
hut the door again, but his
d you walked out like s
ct, his hand close
ned sh
ded, trying to wr
rip only
want," he said, unmoved
agged me forward, pullin
ree hand to hit his arm. "Why should I take care of t
nly, my feet left the ground. Before I co
ou
t scolding. "Neither is she the one who stayed home all those years, living off
bas
mpletely. It wasn't until we reached the
d the ground, I grabbed h
n tormenting me, don'
wrapped his hand around my
t listen carefully, Adeline, if you don't come back and take care of that
nched as I g
elt like the worst
as what it took to finally cut him off for good. t
free and shot h
word, Adrian Carter, I
pulled open the passen
used condom lay discarded
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