Chapter 5
I had never truly possessed anything.
Never
Damien didn’t even glance back as he carried Scarlett out, the slam of the front door reverberating through my bones. I closed my eyes–not a single tear
After that night, radio silence.
The internet drowned in their love story: Scarlett glittering on Damien’s arm at galas, their intertwined fingers on Parisian boulevards this wedding band conspicuously absent). Someone even dug up photos of the “lovers” shared a calor ten years prior
Scarlett’s comment beneath the viral post.
[The cake has always been sweet, just like the princess and her knight |
The replies rolled in like tributes:
“New THIS is romance,
“Guess someone’s seething right now-
“Waiting for Damien’s divorce announcement!”
I scrolled past impassively–until sleuths noticed Damien’s oversees travel dates in May didn’t align with my pregnancy timeline.
The internet exploded
[“Juliette Beaumont cheating proof]“]
| “Heard she sold nudes for tuition.slut got what she deserved.“|
Through it all, Damien said nothing-
I knew what he wanted.
For me to realize every shred of dignity I’d ever had came from his mercy.
To crawl back like I always did, broken–winged and begging
To play the docila songbird until Scarlett grew bored enough to discard ine.
But not this time.
Never a
– again.
The penthouse account frozen when I moved out except for one mysterious monthly deposit from an anonymous sin
On the day of tny procedure, as the anesthesia pulled me under, slurred shouting echoed down the hospital corridor:
‘mending the game EARLY” Scarlett’s drunk shriek pierced the sterile air. “I won’t wait for her to pop out that bastard–ruin her now!–
For the first time in history, Damien didn’t immediately comply.
Scarlett whirled to Sebastian, “Seb! You hate her clinginess too, right?”
Sebastian examined his cufflinks. “I don’t hate that she clung” A humorless laugh. “I hate that she believed in us.”
“That time you “ruptured tendons saving her? Please. She spent five years studying medical tests–jabbed her own arm with needles until it atroplued
Parheric it is.”
“Our anniversary’s tourrow, I’ll take her abroad. Consider it my penance.”
”
Damien’s expression darkened further.
Starlett buried her face in his chest. “Let Seb have her! You’ll stay away, won’t you?”
Lynch snorted, “Have you all lost your minds? Back when Julie supposedly snatched Scarlett’s scholarship, you were practically dueling to play the white knight!
“Since when do you care? You laughed loudest when those loan sharks leaked her nudes and made her dropped out
Chapter 5
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Now she’s got no use, even her body got almost torn useless, no more fi
“Hell, let’s get somthing more juicy than her nude photos. I’ve got ten influencers on standby tomorrow. Let the world see what a slut she is.”
“Enough.”
The Kingsley brothers‘ twin roars shook the walls as my gurney rolled past
And for the first time in years–I was free.
