Selena Myers-Knight

ed the minute he slid the Ruby-Dean diamond neckla

er sudden questio

ted into disgust when she was done. She cleaned her hands with the napkin, dropped it onto the table, and fold

's eyes on him, he

you being

best friends while coming home to me

idn't care. The restaurant was full

you thought you could cheat with one of my closest people and s

ister had made them for him to give

ching for guilt, regret, a mista

she saw wa

ed her to

ok at her twice. He si

ur food,

Day

work when Claire called, saying

wrong, and it stayed on her mind the entire day. So when

he asked immediately whe

er to come in. She loo

ong? You're

at least s

Selena, with no other

g I can o

Girl, Are you being s

l you why I brought you here, but fir

already impa

panic. You will

ani

wanted to soothe her bestie's mind, but deep down, she already knew that if things went south

one and opened something on it. She hesitated for

Two people-a man and a woman-were in the shee

ng me a video of tw

ne pale."Just

no choice but to continue. The man changed p

ena

hing out of curiosity.Then she noticed the man's shoulder. There was a tattoo on his shoulder blade.It wasn't completely

n. Her

ed to disappear. Her face turned tomato red, and she became com

screen without moving an inch, as though moving wou

y began falling. Slowly, she turned to face

r voice, Selena ask

ut Selena moved back until her b

aire's heart

HIS?"Selena stood up and scr

lease ca

to comfort her friend, but Sel

raight into her eyes. "Did you know abo

re te

to her sides, and the phone slipped from h

now at first either. I only found out aft

the guilt written all over her face. She could even see the veins standing out on

e Claire drown in guilt. She would call her later. When she was calmer.For

ave, wrapping her arms around her and apologizing over and over. Selena started cryi

yed, and she needed

e away and left the house,

e couldn't. How was she supposed

the flowers he had brought her every time

lways went when things got rough.The pla

oulders, Whenever life became too much, she came here. This time, she crie

she'd done to become the perfect wife, bot

humble background in a q

. They worked hard to provide for their family

principal at one of the schools participating in a prestigious academic competition, had come to persuade her paren

he competition. It wasn't a lot of time, bu

ing it was difficult. Thankfully, her aunt was

ools, but Moraine, being the principal of one of the competi

o help the

competition, Selena

she was

ion began, Selena quickly proved why she'd been chosen.She advanced to the finals. But

forgot how to breathe. He was the most handsome boy she had ever seen. She had only ever seen someone that h

Question after question, the

judges. It even surprised the people from their schools sitting in the crowd. But Selena knew the question was a trick. She had no intention of rushing to answer it. She let him g

stage to wait for the results. Selena h

Lucian. But she decided to wait