e insisted we atte
d said. "We need to show everyone that w
she needed a stage
stunning red dress that I had paid for, was on my arm. Ryan joined us at o
d ask, his voice full of false conc
oe's hand rested on Ryan's thigh under the table. I saw the way he leaned in to whisper in he
y weren't just betraying me in private; they wer
tance of mine, Mr. Harris
bout," he said warmly. "I was so
I said. "I'm taking
clapping me on the shoulder
ugh for the whole table to hear. "I'll be your eyes tonight. Make s
g joke disguised as lighthearted banter. I could
errible!" she said, slapping his arm playfully. "He's jus
g him. The two of them were a unit
ttle. I turned my head in Chloe's
notice things you never did before. You hear the little things in people's voices. You feel the
eyes before she masked it. I f
quickly, her voice a little too bright
d to change the subj
room. "They have that champagne you love. Rya
man they were so thoroughly deceiving. Ryan swaggered off to
I didn't want to be there. I
ading, replaced by a cold, hard numbness. It was like watching a movie of my own life, a
the lies forming on her lips before she even spoke them. I could see the greed in her eyes as sh
ds were a comfort,
last, fading echoes of a love t
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