BOUND TO THE COLDHEARTED LUCAS LORENZO

ough the bli

d out, a broken, breath

scrambled, desperately grabbing his bri

re it gets too late," Trisha sliced

ow what happens under the

erjected, but their voices were al

betrayal-the raw, heavy sounds of the

Carl's speed nearly caught up; his fingers clawed at the edge of my wind

e steering wheel for dear life and

The bitter taste of salty tears flooded my mouth. My vision remained blu

d pure sat

. Her malicious smile, her casual invitation for me

for me t

she je

gan to buzz in the consol

he fuck did

the force I could muster, pulling over hard. Burying

ugly, explosive tears burst

. T

window startled me. I looked up;

hook my head furiously at t

chested and looming like some damn FBI agent, his

isted fan, o

s and painfully wiping my soaked cheeks. I caught a glimpse of my puf

d back out the windo

rid

tulations. She won the lottery," I muttered throu

e tracks glided seamlessly from Billie Eilish to Taylor Swift, and by the

out my keys, ready to drown

e'd find a way to make

tepped out, a tiny parcel fell out of

the stray hair out of

bstance. I folded it tightly into my palm, my mind racin

but the mystery vanished the moment my eyes lande

cktail of anger, sadness, and be

ame, and screamed, "This is wh

wall. The glass shattering

reaths weren't working anymore. Wine had to. I reached for the shelf, grabbed a bottle

couldn't drown

baby..." Trisha's sloppy

the empty bottle against the wall. I

m bottle and checked the label. "Thirty-seven percent? Wha

ew my head back, letting the har

unable to support

t flushed through me. But It was also a

? It felt exactly like the dark, he

ars, trying to block out the phantom moa

e, my lazy eyes caught the stra

isn't you, a faint vo

st clue who I am," I whispe

omething for myself instead of hiding behind my family name and wealth, and guess what?

I swallowed the

***†***†*

. Vic..

My eyelids felt heavy, peeling

let out a massive sigh of relief.

my hands into my temples. Feeling

ndred unanswered calls, I got so worried I came straight here. And when I

s, a knot forming in

the front do

t of my mise

, and in that moment, every emotions I f

ng carefully across the room

like shards of ice. "If you don't get him out of

s jaw slightly slack. "You don't m

I needed him to leave before my mask fell. I co

of my hou

to do with my hard-

e wore finally drop

ed like she needed to evaporate on the spot. "Becky... would

turned a violen

m the depth of the pit I was currently residing in. S

gressive air quotes, "would help me out. But what did she do? Acted like a fucking nine-year-old and ran out of t

laugh. "And oh... did I ment

le, Vicky. We could have. But you know what you're actually good at?" He stepped forwar

lamming the heavy door behi

d. A single, silent tear escaped

nd my shoulders from behind. "You know that's not true. I pr

ed the wetnes

lf with heartbreak right now. Look, I have a list of calls from models who want a slot

," I cut i

d her a suicide note. She opened her

said, a slow satisfaction settling ove

Becky said, nervously

slowly drawing across my lips. "And the on

a what you're talking about, Miss V

ecky, is that I'm getting