Betrayal's Cycle: A Love Forged

tterns others missed, to connect dots that looked miles apart. Right now, the dots over the mountain range near Crestwood, his girlfriend Chloe' s hometown, were forming a t

was Chloe. A smile immediately

leaning back in his cha

with an edge he knew well. "Or are you just

about our anniversary trip

orget the beach. Let's go to my hometown! We can ski, see my p

darting back to the screen. The glowing red markers in

o. Absolu

from cheerful to annoyed. "Don't you want to see my

lm. "The data I'm looking at right now is bad. Really bad. Th

snows there every winter. You're being dramatic. My parents hav

dels are predicting a one-in-a-hu

l everything. I want to go home, and I want to go with you. But if you're g

eliberate jab. Liam knew Chad and Chloe got along,

control, it's ab

s. You can either be my loving boyfriend

the dead phone, a cold feeling spreading through his ches

, the kind he'd never seen from their system software, flickered violently in the c

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department. He tried to click away, but his mouse was frozen. Then, the tex

or the enemy. She poisoned your wine the night before a

in love with your business partner, "Chad." They bankrupted your c

She stole your research, sold it to a rival corporation, and discredited you.

betrayal. The names were the same. It was always Chlo

rned onto the screen, sea

o the death of her parents. She will blame you, ruin your career, and leave you for Chad. Her greed

appeared. The screen returned to normal, showi

his ribs. His breath came in short, sharp gasps. It coul

n, a deep, ancient ache of betrayal that resonated in his very bones. The love he felt just moments ago was

ified him, that it was all true. An