After the One night stand with the billionaire
ora'
eyes slowly. I stretched with a lazy yawn and sat up, blinking against t
pty. Sebast
e sat a neat
head. What the heck did he take me for? Some random
dy. I had let him touch me, kiss me, make me forget who I was for one reckless night. And
things. I just wanted out. This place suddenly felt wrong, like I didn't
hower, determined to get home first. My hand was a
right where the sunlight
ain gleamed, and the pendant glowed f
rled around it, and the weight surprised me. Cold, heavy... expe
'd just forgotten it. I turned the necklace over in my hand, its weight heavy, almost delibe
d walked the night before. At the front desk, I slid the key across with
at my phone. It was mid morning already. My shoulders
cy. I climbed inside, closed the door, and just sat there for a moment. My
ever have let Sebastian touch me. But that excuse tasted bitter, even to
uce, the little gifts I thought might make him smile. My chest tightened as I
d toward the h
s standing
ut no. She was really there, arms crossed over h
lips. My heart pounded like a war d
l are you doing
d. "Anora...
d feel the heat rolling off me. "We have noth
e swallowed hard. "Ple
d in and saw you fucking my fiancé on his couch?" My voice c
eyes. "It just... ha
a liar. A backstabbing traitor.
e whispered, one
s didn't move
te the steel I tried to hold. "You were like a s
my hand, but I jer
t. Touc
a shaky breath, then turned and
etreat. My mind screamed, my che
t it. My body slid down until I hit the floor, my breaths shallow, my chest tight. The m
ould they do
. Enough. I was done wasting myself on people who could betray
it hurts. But
the shower. The hot water scalded my skin, but I scrubbed harder, as though I
stepped out, wrapped a towel aroun
here beneath the girl who had gone through a lot, I saw a v
n a quick breakfast I barel
t least I wasn't going to sit h
ble. I picked it up. It was cold, and heavy. I told myself I'd return it when I saw