The Taste of Sweet Karma

ffic, a quiet bubble in the city noise. I sat in the

ndow, lost in the city lights like alway

s tablet, the video call on. Ben Carter

Spanish crisp and confident. "The elopem

caught.

than continued, a small smile on h

en's voice, tinny t

lement, a nice one, and my mother is finally off my bac

next words hit me l

eed to know. She'll always be t

n. It shattered something deep inside me. He was marrying Victori

tand his Spanish, a language I'd

eals he made with his Latin American partners, the world he move

lanned to keep me in the dark, his devoted S

a burner Instagram account I used to keep tab

ntment confirmation. Another of a marriage license, names blurred

y ended his c

y looking at me, already distracted by

managed, my voi

. He dismissed me easily, leaving me on the curb when we reac

t, the Escalade pulling away. The truth c

s I had dedicated to hi

their Park Avenue wealth, loving Ethan from afar since we were teenagers. Th

dipped. His family, Eleanor Hayes his mother especially, was busy with damage c

s hands, his constant companion. Fo

s, took out loans I'm still paying off, to get him into t

p. We became lovers. I thought our bond, forged in his da

blind and scared. His family's fortune took a hit then too. She co

yes Corp solidified, she was back. And he was wel

e, the dismissal from his mother who always s

there." He was wrong. Th

nvenience, a fallback.

to get out, to sever thi

r Hayes. She'd be happ