Her Revenge, His Undying Love

teady. I forced a casual tone, my heart poun

the neatly made bed. He didn't believe me. He w

see your

request. It

se everything. The escape plan,

laying dumb. "Don

short, humorle

was a fake conversation I had created with a fictional friend, full of ban

rowed in concentration. As he leaned in to read, he stumbled slightly, his elbow knocking against t

ll lying there. My concern was instinctive, a reflex. In that split sec

on my arm from the mob attack. A sharp pain sh

back to the empty bed. He saw the gen

cion gone, replaced by a cold certainty.

ingers digging into my bruises, and dragged me out of

" I demanded, strugg

towards the elevators. "She's presenting a paper at the inte

book. He wanted me to hand over my l

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s quiet, bu

rward. "That wa

I twisted in his grip and sank

e was faster. He slammed me against the wall, his body pinning me. One hand grabbed m

eal animal, haven'

like a vise. "This is what you owe her, Ava.

at twisted logic. My s

e shaking with a mix of pain and fury.

the Prestons don't just 'end' things. Our families are intertwined.

are without me. You're nothing. A charity case I picked up out of the gutter. You gave

ependency, of my past sacrifices. He was right. I had given up ev

arking garage. He shoved me into his car and drov

perched on her desk li

with condescension. "I was beginning to thin

de desk. "All my notes are there. I just need you to organize them into a coher

, united pair. They moved in perfect sync, their b

iam and Chloe, laughing on a beach, his arms wrapped around her from beh

dear," she said, her voice full of fake sympathy. "It seems you've

welling with tears. "Liam, she did it o

The last access was three hours ago, from your IP address. I've been

He didn't care about the tru

oss the room

napped my head to the s

ver lie to me

ooked him straight in the eye. "She's your precious Chl

a lesson, Liam," Chloe s

aid, his eyes cold a

ragged me out of the office. "You're going to fix this," he said, h