Pact Of Love Under Oath

with Marcus had left her deeply shaken, yet Ali

ian

osest

had trusted

aken everything from her

me. She could not cry anymore. She had crossed the line

ctly where V

rtment, she got out of the car at once and headed straight for the door. She k

, open t

silence ans

d again, hard

there. Don't try

wly opened, revealing the woman w

ooked imm

k outfit, her hair pulled into a high pony

hing had

ered Alicia's life less

ng casually against the doorframe. "Wha

ed in Alici

ot look embar

even attempt

ice cracked yet burning with anger. "

rms, studying her wi

ly. "I just didn't expect you to be this

s shake, but she st

?" she wh

ted her hea

long

er breathing speeding up. "How long

e was the cruele

ed and placed one

ause of your nephew's birth, but that same night I had already stolen a kiss. The next t

ed out of Al

hispered, sha

owever, wa

cus and I met in the hotel room," she continued, her voice shar

ea tightened A

re ly

ed softly, fu

tilted her head, triumph clear on her face. "Poor Alicia. Always

ith tears, but she ref

. cho

t out anot

" she replied coldly. "His family made

her give way, breaking apar

you talk

curved into a

ected of him, not because he wanted it. His family cornered him and made the choice for him. Everyone understands wha

t her thro

rue. His family could

a did not

lied. "The only one he looked for when he lef

ruggled t

o.

here's

clearly enjoyi

t by him," she

f her heart had

re ly

ook her he

ispered, her voice dripping with venom. "I lost two bab

buckled for a

pping it as though the ground

d her with cle

o his family, it mattered. To him, it didn't. I was the woman he truly loved." Her smile sha

inside Ali

onfid

dign

nse of

s curled with

The kind who waits for a wedding night to give herself away. You think purity matters. It doesn't." She laughed softly. "Men would only see it as a challenge, just to throw you away afterward." Her gaze

, her chest rising a

her apart far more deeply th

She wanted to scream

t.

d she pos

ad betra

finished destroying

she stepped out, the tension she had been holding back finally sur

car, her hands could barel

to breathe, but the sob caught

g had bee

d never l

na had held him in h

d her thoughts, and the weight of her situation

nger the person she had been before, and everything ab