Betrayed by Love.
onto even after life tried, time and time again, to strip her of certainty. But here she was, thirty floors above the city li
osed to fall in
ruth might somehow change just because she wanted it to. But it hadn't. It never did. The
er. Alexander Carrington wasn't the type of man to unravel. He was married. Powerful. Me
r asked
d to be the
k for permission. It arrived quietly, then spread like wildfire.
n without asking where he'd been. They didn't talk much, not anymore. Talking made it harder. They had said everything in the beginning how wrong it
romised he
ng, hands that held her like she was the only thing keeping him grounded. Maya clung to t
he was the woman tucked away on a quiet street, the
ave ended it
adows anymore. That her feelings were becoming too much. That loving him while knowing he could never truly be hers wa
ould feel it in the way he hesitated before answering her calls.
ing her lips before disappearing as quickly as it came. Before she could talk
ne ran
n t
up-then his voic
ay
secret. Like he wasn't allowed to spea
ng to keep her voice ste
ll," he said softly. "
line un
leaned her head back against
t it?" he asked, voice
ly. I just... I just want
," he co
her eyes. "
t empty. It pulsed with emotion, heavy and
're doing this,
kno
at I want
w that
She bit her lip t
haven't yo
never stopped asking. The que
lowly. "It's
hen sighed, voice softening. "
. Then his voice, barel
urpris
into the cracks of his vulnerability, b
ed instantly.
ou do," she
ya.
ight,
l before he could
ed up at her door unanno
say much. He didn't kiss her. He just stood there, like he didn't know what to do next.
t down, head
her presence quiet, unwavering. After a while, he reac
d her like he was
lowed beside her and the silence returned,
already knew
before
warm where his body had been. It used to hurt when he l
gered. A sick feeling in her gut, li
she got t
She knows. A
the message that broke her, it was the implication. Someone knew. So
and everything he had b
zed again. A
or everyth