a P
e. Bryce sat at the head of the long ta
suit, her agent Veronica beside her. She looked
ect manager separated from her Alpha by a doze
lked them through the campaign I had meticulously designed for Ky
xpression, his fingers drumming a s
tly, touching his arm. They were acting as if they were in their own private world, and we were all just
ies of nitpicking questions, all of w
"Arla, this campaign is wonderful. I love it. Oh, s
A roaring filled m
y face frozen in c
signed one? When I was dating Bryce, didn't I meet you at the Holden estate and chat with you? You men
a hammer, shattering what
nd foolish spark of hop
called the electric thrill when our fingers had touched, the stupid hope that h
ty, their morbid curiosity, their scorn. I felt stripp
my eyes for him to say something.
as his confession. He had watched me tak
thoughtful of you." I clenched m
rted in my hands. Th
out, pushing my chair back abrup
to the restroom before I collapsed in front of a toilet, emptying th
as nothing compared to
me filled the air. I looked up to see Kyla standing
id, her voice dripping with false sympathy. "Let this be a less
purse and began to leisurely reapply it
, so polished and victorious, and then at my own pathetic refle
rs slumped in defeat, and lef
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