I Left My Mate After Car Accident

highway, all because I scrolled through TikTok for ten minutes on the ride. Ten minutes! Apparently,

apped, his voice colder tha

e bizarre augmented reality filter, lines of text started float

hot guy's abs for two seconds, and Domini

ealous but plays it cool to not freak Clara out. Gotta love this

ithout a word. The door slammed shut, and Dominic's sports car peeled out

the road, soaked to the bone, wh

at him! One kiss, and he'd

on the highway to blow off steam. Dude's a

ago, I passed out from cramps during my period, and Dominic, the golden boy of our college-top grades, star athlete,

s, breakfast burritos-you name it, I tried it. Everyone told me to give up. "Dominic's the

, I started to lose hope. That's when the comments ap

he second she collapsed in his arms. He's just

it cold just to hear her say it again. Oh, and he's got a stash of her

ough, I found a stack of my photos tucked away. From that moment, those comments became my lifeline. No matter how many times

tant as ever. He never reached for my hand, zoned out on our dates, and forgot my birthday more times than

all night staring

one of her social media

avorite boba tea

tes for three years, and still, he never talked about forming a sacred bond. I waited and

miss our anniversaries, and when I was burning up with a 102-degree fever, he brushed i

ing it in his office-sent his ass

ed by her bedside, sneaking a kis

oving me. The comments swore he was crazy about me, just too proud to show it

ding in the rain, I felt a bone-deep exhaustion I'd never known. I took a step f

an

ment. Blood pooled beneath me, pain tearing through every inch of my body as I tremble

I couldn't do

-

tal bed, a dull ache throbbing in

're a

His eyes were red, his long fingers clutching a surgical report so tightly his knuckles w

t up, but the

d, strolling in with a healer's coat and a warm smile. "

. He shoved the report into his

ice softening deliberately. "You worked hard on all

as she took it. "You m

owl, blowing on it to cool it down, and ho

playfully. "Dominic, this pie

took the spoon and a

my nails diggin

ts flickere

, he nearly lost it-cleared the pack's roads to get her here, called in the best healers in the pack, a

Now he's playing nice with her because he saw Clara chatting with some wolf

roat. Seven years. Seven years of clinging to these fl

sauntered over to my bed with a smile. "Clar

on the bowl's rim, my stom

ed, pushing the bowl clos

er hand away, accidental

Ah

and onto Aurora's hand. I curled up, ga

Aurora instead. He gently took her wrist, his voice

ora was just trying to help. You didn't have to

hing him leave with Aurora without a bac

his soup. He's hurting for her but took Aur

his coldness, his cruelty, with these comments. But

I'd had enough. I grabbed m

to draft an agreement to