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ike it's mocking me. Sienna's laptop hums on the nightstand beside me, screen dimmed but not dark, the emai

ists every ti

t, right? He wouldn't stoop that low. He knows what that could do to me if it ever came o

uel the next. And when he feels cornered, he doesn't la

nbox again. Ava's mes

eception! You just need to polish the li

r day of editing.

ent. He's eight years of my life

the fir

soft and pure, like a painting. Silas looks at her with that lazy smile I once t

htening that same knot countless times, before b

self, blinking hard. "You'

chest afterwards. The crowd around them, all smiles. I remember standing at the far end

use and, without t

ge disa

ugh me... and then guilt swallows

ofessional Isla. Ev

do this to me? How could he stand there and say his vows to ano

it. Maybe he only s

ur of ivory and light. I should adjust the exposure. Instead, I stare at his face and

most drop the mouse. Sienna bursts through, her hair tied in

es like it's breaking news. "That's... rare. I'm

st my rainstorm. I try to s

laptop. "Toast and eggs. Nothing

"He didn't strike me

thinking. Cooking, fixing the same car twice, running

self to say anything. My head

bed, peering at my screen. "Ooh,

fr

" I murmured, mini

e folder name in the corner of the screen

y pulse jump

ng me. You're editing his wedding photos?

ps together,

u shouldn't be. He should be the one scared , cheating on his wife while dating you? If th

I could absorb her boldness like oxygen. But the other part, the part t

y. "It's fine, Sienna

redulous. "He literally threa

yed q

edge of the laptop. So instead, she exhales and mutters, "Fine. But if he texts you agai

, just to mak

again, tapping the plate. "Eat. Please. Y

ll

pro

omi

"And remember, if Silas tries anything, I have a brother who owes me a

ips out of the room

heavier this time, weighted wit