ld change your life, and mine ha
ver, landed on a warm body. I jolted upright, immediately noticing my clothes scattered on the floor and realizi
unded, and fragments of the previous night flooded back. I remembered following my friends-Emma, Tonia, and Mara to a nightclub
r the bed. I unlocked it, only to be met with a barrage of messages and no
nada, a public figure no one had actually seen up close, excep
n, and I dialed it, my anxiety ri
ith concern. "Your mom's been calling me, and a
he the throbbing pain. "How should I
ce came back, hesitant. "Vera, I'm so
planation, but before she could elaborate, someone snatched the phone from
sleep," he grumbled, tossing the phone ont
s's bed but was now confronting him directly. As reality set in, the p
oor, dressing quickly and grabbing my phone.
ated down a lavishly decorated spiral staircase. The gold and black de
you going so early in the morning?" A woman in a white and black uniform approached me, and I looked a
eronica," I corre
o my boss, I'll have to address you as Mrs. C
ng about, but I didn't have time. I needed to get out o
ade my way to the huge black gate. As I approached it,
here. Please follow us,"
e kidding," I scoffed. "I
'm sorry, Mrs. Carlos, if this
a mistake. I'm not who you think I am. I'm not mar
let you leave alone. You're now a public figure, an
ing was off. My phone had been buzzing non-stop since I woke up, and the whole situ
ropped it by my side. "Alright, I nee
ched the car, one of them moved ahead to open the door, and I slid inside, i
pped out of my head as I blinked furiously, trying t
were like twins from different mothers. Ivan was born on the same day as
, but the answer was staring righ
filled their cups with liquor. The way he grabbed my hips like he owned me m
one who filmed the video-was obnoxious
just disappear on the spot, or maybe sink into the seat
p, suddenly dropped to one knee in front of me, his eyes locking with mine
out a tiny box with a glittering diam
hone screen, but my words were the exact
old chill ran down my spine. My eyes darted to my hand, and there it
ot noticed
t turned to look at me, and I felt my cheeks burn with
felt like the whole
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