Love Beyond the Hindsight

on us, I followed h

office, it was ju

s stiflingly sile

b in a tailored suit was engrossed in the doc

didn't acknowledge my presence. His stern, u

s to terminate me immediately, I'm willing to cooperate," I

us as he finally stopped what he was doing

nt. As for you... You've already found someone else,

g the newspaper beside him

to be a paragon of virtue while se

s, then crouched down to

hoto of me in Gordon's ar

the lobby of a hote

ies of shots, capturing us

xplana

ly. His expression was a mix of anger and di

enly l

or

the marks on my neck, Ja

you let other men have their way with you? Are you add

my eyes burning red as I stared at

ight to call me cheap

at, but the grievances in my heart spill

ary. I wanted to surprise yo

exuding that overb

cheating? I have nothing to

ripping with sarcasm. "You just stood by and humiliated me with your f

my shoulders loosened slig

ad lipstick stains from other women." You never brought me to important events because you thought I was too plain. There were co

t in the eye and gav

lly that

self. I graduated from a prest

instakingly working m

want to? Was it me

hed, my voice was t

ing to you, refu

go of me. He seemed to revert to the c

is face that once made my heart race, t

lex, unfamiliar expression that

don't ever appear in

rig

e James Group building,

ed into someone and

nd, I couldn't help fee

n-those whispers, tho

were all condemning me

lmed me, and I struggled to breathe

was already standing on the

her. "Dora, do you have any shame left? I only tolerated you being with Jacob because you seeme

p. I won't both

ng that, but another

the other end was franti

make sure the entire Ja

t seemed to echo both throu

tripped over my own feet, l

or

k, I was still in a daze,

nto the ground, dis

apes on my skin were swollen and

long, his tone was lac

ted as I looked at the injuries on

f buildings, but you can't face a bit of gossip. You're re

inc

sened slightly, though i

for you, all of these wo

seemingly surpri

does cure blind devotion. You

broke up? And how di

p, but before I could react, he

s impossible to miss. If Jacob could tolera

, as if he couldn't

worthless man for so long. Was

outh was as infu

scoundrel I am, I'd never let m

aring at hi

s usual playful self. His eyes h

he earlier storm, dripped from hi

skipped

oked me, don't think you ca

ace dark the entire time as he wa

at I'd done to u

kindly reminded him to g

ed for

really not realize h

y. You don't have a

yself. I'd heard that men like him h

n, but I didn't

want any further ent

few agonizing seconds before he finally released a laugh. However, it was laced with a palpable sense of exasperatio

, for

ing as if the whole