good morning, nor d

e. All I do is sit by the window for hours to calculate how lon

. It's like I've become a ghost to him. Nonexistent. And sometimes, I w

been paying

m-that was years ago. He always had Yolie in his arms, but I ju

tead of gaping at him. I may even be the only one who never gave him the sa

Zeath's motivation to befrie

saw my dream come true when he

nce he also wanted my father's full support of the Fanning group of companies if he became

ther, more chilling than w

dropped the L-word, saying how much he had been obsessed with me since middle sc

ped around, waiting for a prince charming to swoop me off my feet. So, marriage was definitely an option

he magical lights and ethereal robes, there was something darker-rotten-th

. I haven't been able to resist sniffing his scent for a while now. It's

t a good suit for me, nor is self-blame. I look pa

tead of wandering about an

at play. I have to get back to him and Yolie somehow. They shouldn't toy with one's feelings. I also need

play dirty, ju

a special ringtone for his call. I know it's not Mom, or Dad, or Polinel either.

from the claws of Zeath's scent. Good riddance! Now I have to

gh, Oasis's voice slams into m

breath that I won't find my n

nning. Whenever are you

f someone else in the mansion might hear me. Mind you, I'm the

a―

need that

d my neck." Always i

"Zeath brought in a new w

w away my phone. "Fuck me, Mells!" she exclaims

ve my marria

a sick marriage when you're being disrespecte

and that's the first one I caught. "I just..." My voice dwindles

about Oasis, saying stuff that is supposed to exude compassion like she's reading out a boring lis

y," I reply. "She gets her fill from w

r's daughter, a s

lie; the one who followed Zeath a

mom's definitely something, I can't recall. But I thou

with a sigh.

her that earful. I'm not supposed to divulge this information, but she walked into the hospital some hours

is a maze of ideas; conflicting ones that contrast with

ow I have to give them a piece of their own cake. And

babbling even a

or, but I barge in anyway. It seems my dear frie

misses the nurse, standing from b

what are you doing here?"

lp. Yolie, I ne

Mells, I have two active vows right now. One's not to expose your ass. The other is

ands off me. "You a

esides, you're an angry woman trying to see the owner's..

sk and leaning on it as I state calmly, "Angry wif

gh. "Can you just... go home? I sa

d more. Now you might be thinking, 'What more would she need? Yolie an

at's no

ase, nor did he che

'm not ho

drop as her expression tangles with pity, confusion, and shock. "Apparently, because I liv

don't und

e can't withstand. Do you

Mel

fill a dare he made with his friends and probably the fuckfaced Yolie back in high school because I always gallivanted a

out this. If it were possible to not, I wouldn't. But Oasis always

she says, "but you know you've got

done such for years, yet it meant nothing. An

s visible. Then she sighs and walks past me to sit at her desk.

ct what I have in mind without her. "I want y

gers on the desk. "I bet

to intercept

kle. I still do not turn to face h

beside me. "My conscience is going to beat me, but I'll meet her

forward fo

That stops her in her tracks before sh

?" She drawls whi

ou to kid

d her through the door, then she hurries to my side, peering at my face with ey

o, I'm perf