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fee and the memory of Lucas' sneering face felt like a desperate gasp for air. She didn't know where she was going. Her on

ccusations, and the chatter of passerby felt like cruel whispers. Each glance at her direction felt

d in her ey

t her. "Crying will only draw more attention and m

g into a confusing labyrinth. The library, usually her sanctuary, felt miles away

block she

studies, awkward first dates, and every day anxiety of college life had betrayed her. "How could she have d

s she was about to confront him, Chloe swung r

raging within her. It wasn't just the kiss and Grey too, though that stung. It was the deliberate calculated nature in Chloe's actions,

was a small spark at first, but buried beneath layers of hurt and confusion, but it was there nonetheless. An

rm of her emotions. It gave her a direction, a sense of purpose,

s the one place she knew Chloe was bound to be:the usual table in the campus cafeteria. The thought facing

ed the room,her heart pounding in her chest and then she saw them. Chloe and Grey, sitting at the table she always says at with Gre

towards them. Each step felt heavy, as if she were wading through whic

idened in surprise, then a flicker of something that looked like gui

ittle too high and a little too br

know exactly what I'm doing here. Chloe". Her voice was surpris

ng her gaze. Chloe, however , met her state, a

interrupted, these words h

d slightly and her eyes darted around the cafeteria, as if seeking an esca

mumbled , her voice bare a whi

ld my parents I was pregnant without my consent. You... you took Grey fr

a one night stand with her because of how emotionally hurt he was with everything that ha

a sharper edge. "You were always so focused on your studies,

ad plans and we were h

e second to your books.." Chloe countered, her voic

ted. You were so distant. I put up with you for so long and the best you could do was have a one night stand and get

Was this true? Had she been so consumed with her academic ambi

dn't mean any of it. I wasn't in my right mi

shake off that there was more to this than Chloe's wounded pride and Grey's perceived neglect.

sed, refusing to let them deflect. "

had the right to know, and it was only ri

ce countered, her voice rising slightly. Yo

spers adding to Alice's sense of humiliation. She wanted to disappear. S

e at Chloe. "What did you gain from this?" "Did you thin

ixed on intertwined hands. Grey

blance of understanding, but all she found was a hollow justification built on resentment and b

hloe, the loss of the future she had so carefully envisioned. But beneath the pain, the small spark of anger she had

n to solidify within Alice. She didn't know what the future held, but she knew one thing: she wouldn't be a vic

e town wa

born was originally supposed to be the CEO of Thompson & Co. But, he wasn't as smart and fast calculative as his younger brother David. The hatred he had for David lingered around the fact that David, who was not only the second wife, but the child of his father'

hild he had brought to this world and let the child grow up like