My Ex Betrayed Me, So I Seduced His Alpha Uncle

he hallway as though this entire conversation had already exhausted

, not even looking at her. "And this is your way of asking me for mor

d even form a proper response, Darius turned fully away from her and continued down the corridor with his usual

dra yelled after him, her voice ringing through

en flinch. He rounded a corner and vanished from view

the sudden, frustrated sting in her eyes. Her bre

uttered under her breath. "Jus

e same arrogance, the same dismissiveness, the same assumption that she wanted t

FLAT, LATER

fairy lights twinkling against the windows, offering a faint

nce inside Cassandra's chest. A cup of chamomile tea sat untouched on the chippe

and cotton leggings, a blanket cocooning her knees. Her face was bare, sc

lf-proclaimed truth-teller. Nia was petite and fierce, her rich brown skin glowing against her pale p

ed laughter. "He rescued you, brought you to his big-ass gothic mansion, and then

face in the pillow she clutched

. You sure they don't all have some inherited personality

least his uncle was upfront about being a dickhead. Evan... Evan played me. For a

something more serious. "Cass, I ha

a brow. "Oh, we'r

iant, funny, loyal, any guy would be lucky to have you. But Evan?" She shook her head. "He comes from that...world. All silver spoons

Nia? That because I'm broke and normal, I don't d

e never brought you to any real family events. He barely even posted you on social media. He was always 'busy,' always a bit

Nia was right, there was no point denying it now, she had seen the signs but she had thought,

iet. "I kept defending him. I kept saying he just wasn't comfortable

loved too hard. That's not pat

eat in her chest had nothing to do with the tea

w and resolute. "He thinks he can humiliate me, cheat on me, lie to me,

What are you t

ed as her eyes lit with a cold, sharp fire. "He thi

he uncle who insulted yo

all the attitude, for all the rudeness, there's something there. He looked at me like I was a problem. A

am thinking Cass?" Nia

e fall in love with m