with Marcus had left her deeply shaken, yet Ali

ian

osest

had trusted

aken everything from her

me. She could not cry anymore. She had crossed the line

ctly where V

rtment, she got out of the car at once and headed straight for the door. She k

, open t

silence ans

d again, hard

there. Don't try

wly opened, revealing the woman w

ooked imm

k outfit, her hair pulled into a high pony

hing had

ered Alicia's life less

ng casually against the doorframe. "Wha

ed in Alici

ot look embar

even attempt

ice cracked yet burning with anger. "

rms, studying her wi

ly. "I just didn't expect you to be this

s shake, but she st

?" she wh

ted her hea

long

er breathing speeding up. "How long

e was the cruele

ed and placed one

ause of your nephew's birth, but that same night I had already stolen a kiss. The next t

ed out of Al

hispered, sha

owever, wa

cus and I met in the hotel room," she continued, her voice shar

ea tightened A

re ly

ed softly, fu

tilted her head, triumph clear on her face. "Poor Alicia. Always

ith tears, but she ref

. cho

t out anot

" she replied coldly. "His family made

her give way, breaking apar

you talk

curved into a

ected of him, not because he wanted it. His family cornered him and made the choice for him. Everyone understands wha

t her thro

rue. His family could

a did not

lied. "The only one he looked for when he lef

ruggled t

o.

here's

clearly enjoyi

t by him," she

f her heart had

re ly

ook her he

ispered, her voice dripping with venom. "I lost two bab

buckled for a

pping it as though the ground

d her with cle

o his family, it mattered. To him, it didn't. I was the woman he truly loved." Her smile sha

inside Ali

onfid

dign

nse of

s curled with

The kind who waits for a wedding night to give herself away. You think purity matters. It doesn't." She laughed softly. "Men would only see it as a challenge, just to throw you away afterward." Her gaze

, her chest rising a

her apart far more deeply th

She wanted to scream

t.

d she pos

ad betra

finished destroying

she stepped out, the tension she had been holding back finally sur

car, her hands could barel

to breathe, but the sob caught

g had bee

d never l

na had held him in h

d her thoughts, and the weight of her situation

nger the person she had been before, and everything ab