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Chapter 4 Perfect Match

Word Count: 1462    |    Released on: 03/08/2024

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ould steady the furious pounding of my heart. My cheeks were wet, and when I brushed the back of my hand across my face, I

e. The stupid one for expecting that he would ever be anything other than the cold, unfeeling

command. I had been someone who almost never cried. Someone who had learned long ago that tears were wasted on people who did not

d him f

through me as though I were nothing but a ghost haunting his periphery. And more than Simon, I hated myself for still clinging to hope, ev

s a man who simply needed patience, who needed someone to wait long enough for his defenses to crumble

and without hesitation, reapplied for divorce. My finger pressed the screen with finality. This

hone began to ring. Her

lic

the phone off. I knew exactly what she would say - the same words she always did. Give him time. He will come around. He is not as

iliar hum of Simon's car engine, then the sound of him pulling away. Only then did I descend, intent on retrievin

e stairs, something

ugh

n, so startling, t

s his

d in the same breath. His laugh was warm - intoxicating - and before I knew it, butterflies had erupted in my stomach. For months, I had imagined what it might be like

light was

ng heavier than the last, until I reac

n behind h

lung to his arm as though she had always belonged there, as though his body had been molded with a space meant just for her. Her hand gra

e want

His hand rested at her waist like it had found its home, his eyes softened in ways I

r gaze f

e girlfriend. The woman who, apparently, had always been in hi

and dismissed me. She nestled closer into him, lips brushing his neck, finger

ady? Is she on

ind," he said coolly. "Remember I told you about her?

ruck harder t

ience, a contract to be erased. My gaze flicked to the oversized wedding portrait hanging on the wall - th

s across his chest. "I thought

s her knuckles. "Waiting for the public to lose inte

siness. Just the Valero image, pristine and untouchable. My hum

ng in me

fully int

lf with applying for divorce. I've already filed. My signature is there. Yours is all

in his expression extinguished in an in

stop. I don't even want to know wha

our mother assured me you were different. That beneath the frost, you were kind. I was the fool who be

d at Sarah's arm. "You will not leav

father. You don't get to dictate my steps anymore. And don't worry about your precious company.

wallet from the side tab

,' but let's not pretend. You're an asshole, Simon. And you," I said, turning to Sarah, "you'

His voice followed me down the hall, barking

pped around my body, and for a fleeting moment, it felt like cleansing. Like freedom. I took in a de

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Contents

Chapter 1 Prologue Chapter 2 Trouble in Paradise Chapter 3 Mother of Mine Chapter 4 Perfect Match Chapter 5 Goosebumps Chapter 6 A Racing Heart
Chapter 7 Thrilling News
Chapter 8 First Day
Chapter 9 A Friend, or Not
Chapter 10 Triple Horror
Chapter 11 Mother's Workings
Chapter 12 A Little Less Than Confrontation
Chapter 13 Back Story
Chapter 14 Experience building opportunity
Chapter 15 Triumph in disbelief
Chapter 16 Suspicion, accusation
Chapter 17 Hungry hounds
Chapter 18 Misplaced worries
Chapter 19 Small victories
Chapter 20 Little matchmaker
Chapter 21 Unrequited feelings
Chapter 22 Staring match
Chapter 23 First fight
Chapter 24 Hot and cold
Chapter 25 Worst combination
Chapter 26 Truce
Chapter 27 To tolerate an asshole
Chapter 28 Tremendous victory
Chapter 29 Work dinner
Chapter 30 Ridiculous Suspicion
Chapter 31 Overenthusiastic flirty women
Chapter 32 To worry or not to worry
Chapter 33 Betrayal
Chapter 34 Not pretty
Chapter 35 Syrup and cheery
Chapter 36 Hysterics
Chapter 37 The creeps
Chapter 38 Little moment
Chapter 39 Confusing moments
Chapter 40 Whose fault
Chapter 41 Impossible ultimatum
Chapter 42 Baby face
Chapter 43 Jumbled mess
Chapter 44 Damning instruction
Chapter 45 Swallowed pride
Chapter 46 Ripples of excitement
Chapter 47 Confused thoughts
Chapter 48 Impatience and frustration
Chapter 49 Pitiful guy
Chapter 50 Varying bundles of joy
Chapter 51 Of darkened gazes
Chapter 52 Answered questions
Chapter 53 Blurry future
Chapter 54 Unspoken pact
Chapter 55 Sleazebag
Chapter 56 Pretense
Chapter 57 Facing fears
Chapter 58 Loose my mind
Chapter 59 Short circuit
Chapter 60 A friend in need
Chapter 61 A solemn vow
Chapter 62 Starless depths
Chapter 63 Game of ignore
Chapter 64 Fairly certain doom
Chapter 65 Of softened looks
Chapter 66 A for effort
Chapter 67 Reminiscence
Chapter 68 Mother, monster
Chapter 69 Deadly aura
Chapter 70 And heated gazes
Chapter 71 Mortifying abyss
Chapter 72 Friendly advice
Chapter 73 Vow of silence
Chapter 74 Broken silence
Chapter 75 Loneliness and hollows
Chapter 76 A touch, a caress
Chapter 77 A second time
Chapter 78 Work mission
Chapter 79 Miss delusional
Chapter 80 Overtime
Chapter 81 Hate you, why
Chapter 82 Imaginings
Chapter 83 Undercover operation
Chapter 84 Varying degrees of shock
Chapter 85 Pieces of memory
Chapter 86 Relocate
Chapter 87 Fantasy Or reality
Chapter 88 New beginnings
Chapter 89 Bat shit crazy
Chapter 90 Questions, questions
Chapter 91 Other women
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