Shattered Trust, New Beginnings

iancée for three years, yet

is lead and took on a you

ho had always ignored

ing to be drunk and collapsing at my doorstep, faking interest in buying my sh

I wanted, he shamelessly asked

neered at him, "Dude, you're too

golf course, Der

voice carried through the wind into my ears. "Derek, y

senger seat, glanced at m

not convenient right now

o see you today! Are

o cloying it made me f

people waiting." I said impatiently, a

for two kilometers, and there's a subwa

his handsome face twisting

ked at me pitifully, "Victoria, a

oo sun

had been supporting for over a year, dressed

students now, he w

first started dating, I drove

r, Derek's eyes lit up as he

like a puppy, I tos

irt clean but slightly yellowed, "Vict

gaze was clear

r money. I can't drive your car, wha

car cast a warm, piti

g, "Silly, it's not for you, it's jus

ghtened, and we

e money." was now using his charm to get his way

ind tousle my freshly treated hair, an

ere all t

ed at me, seemingly h

kick him out of the car

ff, 200 bucks an hour. When are you coming? Bri

cut off the voice on the other end, "Y

ly looked at me, "Victoria..

again, and he want

alling one man was the

go tog

ng on my sunglas

ared and s

k to the ch

we entered, and even after I c

re you

planning to play g

iddling with his clothes, "I didn'

he thought I would

plan was to pick him up and go

on the road, waste

s not m

n't enter without someone bringing them in, and

onchalantly, walking past him.

, his eyes tinged with red. M

f there's someone suita

, something felt off. It di

ressed against me from behind, h

shoulder, a woody scent na

Kristian ha

ushing against his t

ded in my ear, "Di

n the back of his neck, deliberately so

at my waist, the heat from

se, "What? Didn't I just teach you ho

at him, nodd

ing? Can't he do it?" Kristian

was just behind me, babblin

sat aside, watching me and Kristi

t enough, and he

er to Kristian's chin, whispering, "H

my waist turning me around in

ass, a fiery itch makin

d st

but such words were all

and we were still on the open

e move-having a flirtation w

s? Can't

ed his teasing. My palms were sweaty, and I c

et me off the hook. His voice, laced with amuse

ntarily in his ar

, and I trembled uncont

uiding my hand as one ball after

hedly smug, arrogant yet self-sati

o looked at me with a playful gaz

shouted at Derek, whose eyes were red, "What

ice deep, "You use this s

sdainful glance. "He

n, and I took his arm. As we passed

take a sha

wasn't pleasant, and his voice was low and

ed against hi

e court with the cue, l

my fiancé, with an

ur families, so there was nothing unbea

n was quite

hree years and he was slo

ul secretary around me, as i

was furious, saying I was ungrateful. What was wrong wit

aug

would have to rely on mysel

n. I knew his weakness-his comp

rience with such

t do the mindless thing of going stra

my future. He might not care a

that Kristian, who seemed like a gentle

e... was indiscriminate, having

demanded a

ded to kee

thoughts were suddenly

over to your

y gripped hands on the stee

erstandin

th Derek was

a famous university, and Derek

e layer of sweat forming on his forehea

to tell y

in his tracks,

ther do mice and rats fear? Wh

over with laughter. As his uniform swayed, I

wasn't funny, but the boy's abs were

and spoke confidently on stage. A

silently wishin

on stage, and I snapped a f

, just moved by his youth

Kristian was draw

blushing, caught up with me. "Hello, mis

. "I didn't take any photo

redder. "Then... can I add

en had a chance to change my shoes

oe rack in the hallway, pul

ce thick with emotion, "Vic.

g whom?" My t

to you? A fool?" I pulled my ha

d. He was a bit anxious, extending hi

I go with you to play today? That guy was so

ilted my head

was stubborn, insis

helpless. "Do you

k no

ght

e truth.

Derek's voice was muffled, as if

Can you stop

ith a boy who was losing his charm. I thoug

r for four or five years, and they were stil

as wrong, Vic... Gi

the couple's slippers he had prep

tiptoed to the sofa, and idl

k came out of the bathroom, smil

ater, and he brushed against

in, allowing h

eyes bright, and then his

ssionately, kissin

than a year ago, eff

eaching the my fo