The Discarded Woman's Rise

ection for Chloe bec

society pages – they were everywhe

a carefully constructe

to play the role of the understanding girlfri

, not looking for a new paralegal

A chance to build her own future,

thought of it, the possibi

aging her symptoms with medication Liam, he

cessful, kind, a world away fr

larly, his voice a

a?" he'd ask, his

o burden him, not yet ready to revea

ng a coffee shop, she ran into

a socialite, loud, entitled

s little charity case," Brittan

walk past her

e was sharp. "Don't you get the picture?

one of your business," Ava said,

my business when you're upsetting my best friend. Chl

"I'm not going anywh

e vanished. She

coffee spilling, her ba

y hissed, her face contorted w

as she picked up her

lt was shocking, a

loe and her friends saw her as an obstac

finally arrived, he found Ava dabbin

asked, a flicker of

him about

his hair. "Brittany can be... inten

lief washing over her. "

oe is going through a lot. Her return has stirred things up

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ness settle dee

sorb the abuse, to prot

ll and hidden, began to sprout w