Fake Dating With My Brother's Best Friend

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e rental apartment floor. I stared at the jagged pieces, but my min

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hinning. He repeated himself with cr

n him everything-my time, my energy, my savings, my heart. I had even lied about my background, telling him I lived on scholarships, because his pride couldn't

pened. You're not serious.

ther reason. After all these years, I'm exhausted. I'm with Si

hree hours to watch a meteor shower, who showed up at my graduation with an absurdly large

a gift from Sienna. "I've had fun with you, sure. But Sienna's father is the CEO of Crystal Peak Group. He's agreed to inv

or for years. I handled client emails at 2 a.m., negotiated vendo

eans capital, connections. Sorry, but someone wh

ricated an elaborate story to protect Vance's ego. My friends had drifted away because they couldn't understand w

d my eyes. "I didn't do anything wro

ma. Do you want compensation? I can give you some after Crystal Pea

had I not seen, in five years, what he truly was? A man who traded love for investment. A man who dismissed every sacrifice

calmly. "I don't

nd him with a final, hollow sound. I listened to his footsteps fade down the hallway

the larger pieces, and threw them away. Then I packed my belongings-on

ill playing the gentleman, even after everything. He chatted about th

ce Phantom pulle

s lips. "So you've hooked up with someone else too. I

at dwarfed Sienna's entire family. But I stopped. What was the point? He was no longer the man I had loved. That

, sad, liberating smile-an

e rearview mirror, I saw those familiar light gray eyes-and the

enough to fin