Bound by Vows and Revenge

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rnight. I barely slept as my mind kept replaying every word he had said, every smir

ve parents had posted it, how proud they looked of

ived at their house, the familiar sight of their pristine lawn and white picket fence

opening the door as her smile faltered the instant she saw me

tepping inside without wa

h a cup of coffee, scrolling through his phone then he looked up, his brows furrowing.

ne tell me about

ce with my dad before sighing. "It's not

y voice shaking. "Mom, they'r

ine. "Mia deserves to be happy

I was hearing. "She's with my fiancé. How

xpression unreadable. "Nathan made

Do you even hear yourselves? You've always put her first. Always. I've spent my

pity, not love as she uttered. "We've always done our best for you, sweetie. B

ruth I'd always known b

have expected anything different." I voiced as with that I walked out before they c

rk wasn't m

boards clicking and the hum of the coffee machine in the break room. Gosh, I tri

r about Nath

er Instagram. They lo

ne being dumped

pretending not to hear. But their voices follo

ompared to Mia. I

lms. I wanted to scream, to tell them they didn't know anything

ia was beautiful, confident, per

t of the day passed in a blur as the weight of their words pressed down on me. And by th

cushions with my eyes burning with unshed tears as my

xt from Nathan's mom, which stated a remind

age with my stomach

and just not care?" I wondered, though my first instinct was to decline as

Mia, about all the people who probably

"I wasn't going to give

telling her that I'd be there. Not for

nation flickered to life inside me. Though, I didn't kno

let them see me as