Bound by Vows and Revenge

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y, whispering promises about our future. The way he'd laugh at my jokes, even the bad ones. How he'd sworn he'd always be

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iet than usual. It was the kind of quiet that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. So, I

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em up, turning them over in my hand to have a proper look. They were

marched to the bedroom. Only to find Nathan's suit jacket hanging on the back of the chair, just wher

ute I threw the jacket back onto the chair. Though the earr

stions brooding on my mind, I was so furious and felt l

e minute he saw me sitting on the couch with my arms crossed with the

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old. "Mia," he said finally. "Your par

ightened. "Seeing her? W

fensive. "You're boring, alright? You've changed. You're always ti

hit me lik

bove a whisper. "After everything we've been

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ething break inside me. The love I had for him, th

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night air hit me like a shock which

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