Love Beyond Numbers

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ut love but my own divorce from a manipulative gaslighter tau

friends burst through the door like a tornado. "Time to celebrate, girl!" Lucy

on't know, guys. I'm not

eed to get out and live a little. No more hidin

ed me into my bedroom and were

Lucy said, holding up a faded gray thing. "You nee

ght, and had a neckline that plunged dangerously low. "You can't

was years before I met Max, ever since we dated and eve

you, and dressing flirtatiously w

surrounded by pulsating lights and thumping music. I felt like a fis

ou went out for fun babes? You suddenly turned into a 61

the last time I stepped into a bar not to ta

r daughter," Angela shouted over the music. "Ton

smile flattered, I knew Charlott

too, until his manipulation and

aving, but when I saw him that night with a slutty-looking redhead while Charlott

ike "ungodly clothing," but he was screwing a

ercing blue eyes who seemed to see right through me. My eyes f

, look at that ho

oung guy," I emphas

age is just a number, it is to celebrate you

ng and I found myself gulping, h

eled body and hot looking face. He m

re saying, "Well...maybe it i

, girl. You go, gi

fidence, and I made a weird fa

maybe a night of fre

t, and soon we started talking e

ould get a room, and to

in my glass and caught my friends'

t into the room and started

s body, feeling my lips down th

or announced our arriv

stumbled into the room, kissing passi

inuing to explore each other's mouths. The bulg

along my cheeks and lips, s

oked sexy on him and turned me on the mor

way and continued touching me wi

I being reckless? He was young, I should sto

ng pranks on me or if I wanted to escape

ce it was a one-night stand and I

one-night stand would

STERL

inding me that my team was waiting for

y eyes still heavy with sleep. As I turned back,

. The lady in red had left, a

previous night. Leaving my hotel room for the

ckled face and blonde hair. But it was her dress

tly, and the night we spent together w

re from the night's activities. I got

d again someday. But for now, I ha