His Betrayal, My New Beginning

y away from me, moving to stand protectively in front of Sar

s that was a knife to my gut. He took her hand, the one with the tiny ban

hand away. She didn' t take her eyes off

leading look in his eyes. He wanted me

strained. "She' s... she' s Ryan' s s

t explanation. The casual dismissal, spoken so easily in front of her, was mo

st, a physical, sickening crunc

"She had a little accident. We should go, let her rest." He put hi

yes narrowed. A slow, smug smile spread across her fa

art, I forced my own voice to work. I lif

steady. "It' s nice to meet you. I' m a big

e knew it. "Oh, right! Chloe. Liam' s mentioned you.

irthday tomorrow night. I' m having a small get-together at The Velv

; it was a command. A wa

ink..." Liam starte

d. "It' ll be fun. You can' t let a little sprain keep

He just nodded at Sarah, desperate to appeas

e

d me up, his silence a heavy blanket of guilt. He help

uel people, looked right through me. I found a small table in a dark corner, my cas

rowd, immediately finding S

eyes and a sharper smile, announced they were pl

the bottle

e, Chloe?" th

," I m

s it, twenty-eight? Is it because you' re too focused on your little mu

perate, foolish plea for help. He was standing by the bar with Sarah, his back to me. H

later. Sarah grabbed a microphone a

with a very special person,"

ed the room. It was a song about soulmates, about a love that could weather any st

he man who had been in my bed less than twe

k peck. It was a deep, passionate, claiming kiss, right there on stage for everyone to

couldn' t see anything at all t