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“Over? I can’t fucking breathe without you, Charlotte. This is torture. Us, not being able to be us in front of everybody. Don’t do this, okay? Don’t fucking make it out like it’s over.” He was trying to blow off steam, equally frustrated with our constant battle to hide our relationship. I got it, I did, but he was the one to blame here, not me. I was just the girl who fell in love with her best friend’s brother who happened to be married.
“As long as this beats, it’s for you. I’ll find a way for us to be together. Don’t give up on us. We happened for a reason. The rest are obstacles we can overcome. As long as you place your trust in me, I promise never to break you. I love you… only you. I swear, it’ll be us for life, baby. Ride or die, ‘til death us do part.”
“Ride or die, ‘til death us do part.” And that was the last time I saw him.
What possible thing can I say about a fucking Valentine’s Day wedding?
I control everything in my life and thrive on the power I hold. No one tells me what to do. I live my life exactly how I want. Everything in my life makes sense now. Everything is perfect. Except for one minor thing—I’m fucking miserable.
“I don’t know if I need a prince, maybe just someone who will love me.” With his eyes drooping further and a yawn escaping his mouth, he murmurs his last words of the day before falling asleep. “I love you, Cha Cha. I’ll be your prince if you can’t find one.”
“Charlie, I want you in my life every day. I want you to be the first thing I see when I wake up, the last thing I see when I go to sleep, and between those moments, I want you with me in my dreams.” Julian drags his chair out, standing before me. Confused, I wait on edge until he gets down on one knee, his eyes staring right into mine as a wave of panic hits my chest. “Charlie Mason, will you marry me?”
As long as I looked good, I couldn’t have cared less what label I wore.
I was only human and twenty-five. Just because I was married didn’t mean I couldn’t admire beauty when I saw it. As long as I played by the rules—look, don’t touch—I wasn’t doing anything wrong.
It’s Charlotte who has been missing all along, and now, I’ll stop at nothing until she’s completely mine.
‘hesitation is a product of fear,’”
I’m a woman now, and no man treats me any less than what I deserve.
“I see the way you look at him. It is the way you used to look at me.” “Used to Al… Lex. Y-You walked away, not me,” I stammer. “I had no choice,” he yells, wild eyes boring into me. “I looked for you. I didn’t give up on us!” “The moment you chose her, you gave up on us.”
“But you weren’t in high school. If I remember correctly from my research, you graduated seven years before her. So, when you and Charlie dated, you were like, what, twenty-five? And she was eighteen?” “What’s your point?” “And you were married at the time. See, Lex, this is the thing… we always want what we can’t have.” “I had her. What the fuck are you trying to say?” He wants to play dirty, but he’s messing with the wrong guy. “Exactly. You had her, but you couldn’t keep her.” He checks his face in the mirror, adjusting his bow tie at the same time. “Just remember who she’s with now and
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I want him to feel what it’s like to want me and be unable to have me.
I need him to feel what it’s like to taste what he can’t have. Our tables have turned, and this time, I hold the cards in this sick and twisted game my mind is playing.
“We’re not finished, not until my cock has been inside every part of you, and only I’ll be the one to touch you. You understand that, Charlotte? You belong to me. You are mine and always were.” I close my eyes as he trails kisses down my neck. “This dress, Charlotte, what are you doing to me?”
worlds have reversed, and there isn’t a damn thing I can do about it now.
How do you hurt someone you’re supposed to love?
“Charlotte, if it’s not meant to be, then maybe your dad is better off. Give him the chance to find someone who’ll love him the way he deserves to be loved.”
So what difference did it matter if I broke it again?
First loves, they always stick with you.
“Thank you, Dr. Edwards. I’m sure the pleasure won’t be all mine.”
“Charlie, have you thought about this? Aren’t you still engaged to Julian?” Well, if that isn’t a slap in the face.
Charlotte, with you… never enough.
Why is she still with him? Why is she still marrying him?
“You have a tattoo right here,” he deadpans, pointing to where I’m inked. “How would he know that?”
There’s a reason why he came at that time.” “What do you mean?” I question, confused. Twisting her neck, she glances in the opposite direction. “I mean, like, you know, a blessing in disguise. Nikki and Rocky weren’t ready to be parents, but it worked out. They made it work.”
He’s the most beautiful man you’ll ever see. His soul will capture you but don’t be fooled, Mi Corazon. He’ll use all his powers to draw you in when there’s nothing left to do but take the one thing you’ve been holding on to.
