The Billionaire's Grip: Love, pain, and freedom

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I watched helplessly, my heart sinking, as my best friend seemed to know exact

the kiss and turned

mian said in a

urprised by the abrupt

eraphina spat bitterly, y

this some sort of joke?" I

me. She took my face in her hands, a cruel smile twisting her lips. "Aww, poor Amar

ly to feel a sharp sting on my cheek from her slap. I pressed my hand agai

y wouldn't you? All you think about is yourself and that miserable

Of course I care about you," I said, my voice

nce. He tried to win you over ever since we were kids, but instead, you used him for your selfish advantag

, telling me he finally had the cash to pay off your company's loan. He was so

onth-unbelievably high interest rates that any

pe. But you didn't show up. Instead, he stood there alone, surrounded by the encroaching shadows of evening

ken. They dragged him into an alley, and I can still hear the echoes of his screams-the sound of fear and betrayal as they told him he wasn't worth the money they had loaned.

im. But by the time I got there, he was gone, and with him, my dreams for a future. All you had to do was s

ell-bent on impressing me. He had always been obsessed since we were kids; it was creepy how he stalked me whenever I came over to visit Seraphina. Over the years, that obsession escalated t

month. He was trying to run away from the loan sharks. "No, I won't meet you. You shou

know you won't let me down," he repl

dn't told Seraphina, not wanting to ruin their friendship. The park was a public space; he wouldn't

rgency room," the voice on the other end said, and my heart dropped. I quickly texte

, my phone buzzed again. It was Seraphina. "Seb was murd

ft. Everything spun out of control, and I was left grappling with th

im. But by the time I got there, he was gone, and with him, my dreams for a future. All you had to do was s

ell-bent on impressing me. He had always been obsessed since we were kids; it was creepy how he stalked me whenever I came over to visit Seraphina. Over the years, that obsession escalated t

month. He was trying to run away from the loan sharks. "No, I won't meet you. You shou

know you won't let me down," he repl

dn't told Seraphina, not wanting to ruin their friendship. The park was a public space; he wouldn't

rgency room," the voice on the other end said, and my heart dropped. I quickly texte

, my phone buzzed again. It was Seraphina. "Seb was murd

ft. Everything spun out of control, and I was left grappling with th