The Unwritten Vow

e silence. Deep red wine splattered across the prist

sing in her throat. Her heartbeat pounded in her ears, drowning

nt six years loving, was i

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eth

e silk sheets tangled around their bodies, Chloe's golden hair spilling across the pillows

her fingers curling so tightly around the

eeked of

t, none of

ut a soft, lazy chuckle. She didn't scramble to cover herself, didn't look the

ting her head with a smirk. "Y

h bl

ble t

er palm as something

r throat, raw and furious. "I catch you screwi

s temple like she was an inconve

"You're naked in bed with my best friend,

est rising and falling rapi

n flinch. "Befor

stomach

the eng

words crashed over h

ring wedding vows and a lifetime together. And the whole

d been

himself up on the bed. "Look, Sarah,

t she clenched them into f

th know this wasn't going to last. I was jus

felt like she was being t

angerously low. "Why the hell would you prop

dramatically. "God, Sarah, do y

, finally standing. His voice was

sides. Her voice cracked, but she didn't care. "I gave you eve

ion void of remorse. "You are not

inside h

match my st

ed through her

but a decent job. Chloe, on the other hand," he glanced at the woman

le

to vanish benea

d had always been aware that his family saw her

ght their lo

been s

in her s

th a swift, furious motion, she grabbed the nearest bottle

raining down like glittering daggers,

artled step bac

didn't

ng finger at him. "You used me. You let me

ked, but she r

don't be pathetic. This is why I never

breath, rage and pain b

ries, the nights spent dreaming of a li

her love, her time, her devotion,

no m

inger. With one final glance at James, at the man she had once tho

p clink against the floor, rol

is face flickered wit

er palms as she forced herself to stand tall. She

rize. "You can have him," Sarah said, her voice steadier now, laced with quiet fury

k faltered j

as she reached the door, she paused, gripping th

isn't

behind the wreckage of what sh